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Q. What is the main USP of the Amherst College Center?

Amherst College has been ranked first overall among 266 liberal arts colleges in the United States ten times since the rankings' inception in 1987 and will be ranked second in 2022, behind Williams. The Wall Street Journal named Amherst the best liberal arts college in the country in 2022. Amherst College was named the 16th best college or university in the United States by Forbes in 2021. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Amherst as one of the "most selective" liberal arts colleges in the United States; the Carnegie Foundation classifies Amherst as one of the "more selective" institutions whose first-year students' test scores place these institutions in roughly the top fifth of baccalaureate institutions.

Q. What is Amherst College famous for?

Amherst College is home to the world's first intercollegiate baseball game, the country's first collegiate athletics program, and the country's first undergraduate neuroscience program.

Q. Is Amherst a large city?

Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, near the Connecticut River. The population was 39,263 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous municipality in Hampshire County (although the county seat is Northampton).

Q. What’s the weather like around Amherst College?

Amherst has a humid continental climate that, according to the Köppen climate classification, falls just outside of the warm-summer zone (Dfb). It is interchangeable with the hot-summer subtype Dfa, which means temperatures in July hover around 71.4 °F (21.9 °C). Winters are cold and snowy, but daytime temperatures frequently stay above freezing. Amherst (ZIP Code 01002) is zone 5b according to the 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone system; however, Amherst is close to zone 6a, which extends into Massachusetts in the Connecticut River Valley, and climate change may be shifting those zones.

Q. How many students study at Amherst College?

The total number of students at Amherst College is 1792.

Q. Who are the top alumni of Amherst College?

The notable alumni of Amherst College include-