| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.39 |
| Liaison | Weston Dripps |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Amherst College
PA-7: Affordability and Access
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.85 / 4.00 |
Laura
Draucker Director of Sustainability Office of Environmental Sustainability |
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Part 1
Support for Low-Income Students
Yes
None
A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:
We are a truly need-blind institution. More information here: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/financial_aid
None
A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
Trainings during orientation programs
A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
We have lots of support for students from low-income backgrounds starting with the admission process through their Amherst experience. Some examples:
https://www.amherst.edu/admission/diversity
https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/our-community/campus-diversity-student-leadership/first-generation-students
None
A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
https://www.amherst.edu/admission/financial_aid
A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
https://www.amherst.edu/admission/diversity
A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
listed in websites above
Support for Non-Traditional Students
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:
none
A brief description of the institution’s on-site child care facility, partnership with a local facility, and/or subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of students:
We have an affiliated child care center and faculty, staff, and students have first priority for spots. Subsidies are not specific to students but do exist. https://www.woodsidechildrenscenter.org/
A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs to support non-traditional students:
We have programs to support veterans: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/apply/veterans
We also offered aid and admission to students displaced by the hurricane in Puerto Rico
https://www.amherst.edu/admission/apply/visiting
Part 2
Yes
The percentage of entering students that are low-income (0-100):
20
The graduation/success rate for low-income students (0-100):
95
On average, the percentage of need that was met for students who were awarded any need-based aid (e.g. as reported to the U.S. Common Data Set initiative, item H2) (0-100):
100
The percentage of students graduating with no interest-bearing student loan debt or for whom no out-of-pocket tuition is required (i.e. the percentage of graduates who have not taken out interest-bearing loans) (0-100):
70
Optional Fields
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
For part 2 question 4, Interest barring loans are not part of our financial aid packages. However, 25 - 30 % of graduating students borrow outside of those packages, but it is unspecified what portion of that figure is non-interest bearing (subsidized) or unsubsidized (interest bearing). Both of those loans become interest bearing 6 months after the student graduates, so we have include 30 % in this.
20 % of low income based on pell grant-eligible from website ( https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/facts). 95% grad rate of low income based on 6 year grad rate of 2011 cohort who recieved pell grants (CDS)
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.