Amherst earned 98 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 11 in the top 1%, 51 in the top 5%, 25 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 596 in Tennis, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 98 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 11 / 51
Highest placement: #1 of 596, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 175
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Amherst College Earned?
Amherst College holds 98 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 62 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. These badges come from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
11
Top 5%
51
Top 10%
25
Top 15%
11
Total
98
What Is Amherst College Known For?
Amherst College is best known for Social Sciences: 6 of its 60 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include History, Mathematics and Economics. Its highest traditional-student placement is #1 of 525 in Highest Paid Graduates for History.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Amherst College earned 38 badges across 23 sports, 30 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 596 in Tennis.
Amherst College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,629 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 33%).
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Amherst College appears in 175 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team