Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Art Studies at Amherst College

Art Studies at Amherst College

Every art studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the art studies program at Amherst College stacks up to those at other schools.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745.

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

Amherst Art Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Art Studies

Amherst Art Studies Rankings

The art studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art 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.

Art Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

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

Amherst Art Studies Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of art studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

undefined

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art 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 art studies.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Art Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in art 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
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Photographers 1,220 $65,090
Fine Artists 270 $59,170

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.