Private nonprofit · Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst College: cost, debt and earnings by major
11 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $19,536
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 93%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 9%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 1,911
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $13,250
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $2,424 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $3,063 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $13,814 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $17,999 |
| $110,000+ | $49,700 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (11)
- Computer Science$142,680
- Economics$141,730
- Mathematics$124,324
- History$103,601
- Research and Experimental Psychology$69,204
- Area Studies$68,618
- English Language and Literature, General$65,195
- Political Science and Government$63,754
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$60,212
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences$45,912 (1 yr)
- Biology, General$37,129 (1 yr)