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Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Amherst College

Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Amherst College

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

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Film/Cinema/Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Film/Cinema/Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Film Studies

Amherst Film/Cinema/Media Studies Rankings

The film studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Film/Cinema/Media Studies. 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.

Film Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

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

Amherst Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of film studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its film studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Film Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in film studies 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Producers and Directors 3,250 $70,480

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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