Headcounts and Directory Information
Amherst College (Amherst) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Amherst, MA. It has a total enrollment of 1,898 and students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1. It is a Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Bachelor's degree.
A total of 279 faculties (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculties, are working at Amherst. The average faculty salary is $126,412 for the academic year 2022-2023. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 1,022 employees work at Amherst. The average non-instructional staff salary is $81,400. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA |
| Phone Number | 413-542-2000 |
| Web | www.amherst.edu |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 7 to 1 |
| Number of Faculties | 262 Full-time / 17 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 970 Full-time / 52 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $126,412 |
| Staff Average Salary | $81,400 |
| Student Population | 1,898 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Amherst College, there are 1,094 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 1,050 full-time and 44 part-time staffs work at Amherst. By gender there are 499 male and 595 female employees.
Among them, 279 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculties - 273 full-time and 17 part-time faculties. By gender there are 146 male and 144 female faculties teaching at Amherst.
The following table summarizes the number of faculties and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 1,094 | 499 | 595 | 1,050 | 483 | 567 | 44 | 16 | 28 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 290 | 146 | 144 | 273 | 136 | 137 | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 68 | 17 | 51 | 64 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Management | 102 | 42 | 60 | 101 | 42 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 75 | 20 | 55 | 73 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 78 | 44 | 34 | 76 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 91 | 44 | 47 | 91 | 44 | 47 | - | - | - |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Service | 206 | 125 | 81 | 196 | 122 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 131 | 22 | 109 | 125 | 22 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 27 | 22 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - |