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
- Arts13
- Drama and Theatre Production3
- Film and Video Studies7
Humanities
Graduates
- African American Studies14
- Anthropology and Archaeology14
- 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
- Architecture Studies4
- Astronomy and Astrophysics1
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology17
- Biology35
- Chemistry18
- Computer Science33
- Environmental Studies19
- Geology and Earth Science12
- Mathematics & Statistics63
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology16
- Physics9