Amherst College Majors
Discover the majors and programs offered by Amherst College and the types of degrees awarded.
Top Ranked Majors
- Best Colleges for English in America15 of 647
- Best Colleges for History in America19 of 640
- Best Colleges for Art in America23 of 441
- Best Colleges for Math in America27 of 398
- Best Colleges for Psychology in America30 of 993
- Best Colleges for Political Science in America31 of 520
- Best Colleges for Economics in America35 of 424
- Best Colleges for Environmental Science in America36 of 382
- Best Colleges for Computer Science in America37 of 494
- Best Colleges for Biology in America50 of 954
Most Popular Majors
All Majors
Discover the majors and programs offered by Amherst College and the types of degrees awarded.
Arts
Graduates
- Arts15
- Drama and Theatre Production4
- Film and Video Studies10
Humanities
Graduates
- African American Studies8
- Anthropology and Archaeology11
- Economics73
- English46
- European and Russian Studies6
- French Language and Literature14
- German Language and Literature4
- History38
- Legal Studies21
- Liberal Arts and Humanities8
- Music History and Literature5
- North American Studies4
- Philosophy7
- Political Science and Government42
- Religious Studies6
- Research and Experimental Psychology56
- Russian and Eastern European Languages and Literature1
- Sociology9
- Spanish Language and Literature10
- Women's Studies3
Science, Technology, and Math
Graduates
- Architecture Studies5
- Astronomy and Astrophysics1
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6
- Biology23
- Chemistry14
- Computer Science25
- Environmental Studies18
- Geology and Earth Science8
- Mathematics & Statistics63
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology14
- Physics7