Amherst College Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

For the application year 2024, Amherst College's Regular Decision acceptance rate is 7.8%, with 1,022 applicants admitted out of 13,008 applications. This marks a decrease from the previous year’s rate of 8.8% for the application year 2023, where 1,065 students were accepted out of 12,045 applicants. Acceptance rates have fluctuated over recent years, with a low of 6.0% in 2022 and a peak of 12.3% in 2016. The trend shows a general decline in acceptance rates from 11.7% in 2017 to the current 7.8%, indicating growing selectivity and competition at Amherst.