Founding and 19th century
In 1812, funds were raised in Amherst for a secondary school, Amherst Academy; it opened December 1814. The academy incorporated in 1816. The institution was named after the town,

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Since the inception of the U.S. News & World Reportrankings in 1987, Amherst College has been ranked ten times as the first overall among 266

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Amherst has been dubbed one of the "most selective" liberal arts colleges in the United States; the Carnegie Foundationclassifies Amherst as one of the "more selective" institutions

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Amherst College is located in the town of Amherstin Western Massachusetts. Amherst College has a total of 34 residence halls, seven of which are strictly for first year students.

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Amherst's resources, faculty, and academic life allow the college to enroll students with a range of talents, interests, and commitments. Students represent 49 states, the District of

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Amherst participates in the NCAA's Division III, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the New England Small College Athletic Conference, which includes Bates, Bowdoin,

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Amherst College offers 41 fields of study (with 850+ courses) in the sciences, arts, humanities, mathematics and computer sciences, social sciences, foreign languages, classics, and

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