Amherst College Majors
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- Best Colleges for Anthropology and Sociology in America17 of 560
- Best Colleges for Environmental Science in America20 of 386
- Best Colleges for Chemistry in America20 of 290
- Best Colleges for Economics in America22 of 385
- Best Colleges for Math in America23 of 405
- Best Colleges for Psychology in America28 of 1012
- Best Colleges for Political Science in America28 of 509
- Best Colleges for Biology in America29 of 984
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Arts
Graduates
- Arts13
- Drama and Theatre Production3
- Film and Video Studies7
Humanities
Graduates
- African American Studies14
- Anthropology14
- Architecture Studies4
- Asian Studies13
- Economics77
- English43
- European and Russian Studies1
- French Language and Literature15
- German Language and Literature3
- History31
- Latin and Ancient Greek Studies9
- Legal Studies12
- Liberal Arts and Humanities6
- Music History and Literature8
- North American Studies3
- Philosophy14
- Political Science and Government42
- Religious Studies8
- Research and Experimental Psychology56
- Russian and Eastern European Languages and Literature4
- Sociology19
- Spanish Language and Literature19
- Women's Studies5
Science, Technology, and Math
Graduates
- Astronomy and Astrophysics1
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology17
- Biology35
- Chemistry18
- Computer Science33
- Environmental Science19
- Geology and Earth Science12
- Mathematics53
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology16
- Physics9
- Statistics10