News & Events A Leader in Admissions of Black Students

Amherst College has again been ranked among the leaders in the annual list by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

The Journal reported in their 2018 survey that Amherst College is among the highest in percentage of black first-year students among elite liberal arts colleges. Black first-year students, some 77 in number, make up 15.5 percent of the entering class.

Amherst broke the Journal's 25-year record three years ago, reporting a population of Black first-year students exceeding 18 percent. The College has hit the top of the list 11 times in its 25-year history.