#10. Amherst College
Location: Amherst, MA
In-state tuition: $48,526
Out-of-state tuition: $48,526
Acceptance rate: 13.8 percent
Average SAT score: 2169
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,792
Amherst College is a private liberal arts school founded in 1821. It was originally a men's college and became coeducational in 1975. Amherst is a member of the "Little Three" colleges, an unofficial athletic conference of three elite New England liberal arts colleges, along with Wesleyan University and Williams College.
