Psychology at Amherst College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Amherst College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. Of the 468 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in 2021, 37 of them were psychology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Amherst Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Psychology Schools	23
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
	61
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	267
Most Focused Psychology Schools	442
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	625
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	726
Most Popular Psychology Schools	994

Psychology Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Amherst. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Amherst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Amherst College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Amherst College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	37

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.