Amherst College
Amherst, MA · Official website ↗
International students should also budget for health insurance, visa and travel costs not shown here.
Quick summary
| Cost per year | about $90,670 per year (tuition, housing, food, books — U.S. Department of Education figure) + flights and visa. Four years cost roughly four times this if prices stay the same; colleges usually raise prices every year. |
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| Money from the college | Need-based aid: yes, and asking for it does not hurt the application. Merit scholarships: not yet determined. No named scholarship is confirmed open to international students yet. |
| Chances of admission | extremely selective: about 1 in 11 applicants is admitted. Middle half of admitted students scored SAT 1490–1580. |
| Application deadlines | not yet determined |
| Where and how students live | Amherst, MA · Small city · summer highs about 29°C, winter lows about -9°C · 50 km from BDL airport |
| Housing | not yet determined |
| Working while studying | not yet determined |
| After graduation | not yet determined |
Plain-language summary of the verified details below. Where it says “not yet determined”, we have not found it on an official page yet.
Financial aid & requirements for international students
| Aid & admission for international applicants | Need-blind for international applicants Applying for financial aid does not reduce an international applicant's chance of admission. Sources (1)“As a college that follows a need-blind policy in admission for international students”www.amherst.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-11 |
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| Meets full financial need | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| Merit scholarships | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| Forms for international aid applicants | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| Must request aid when applying? | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| SAT / ACT policy | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| English proficiency | English test required unless an exemption appliesSources (1)“Any international applicant whose first language is not English is required to take and submit score reports from any of the following English proficiency testing: TOEFL (iBT, Home Edition), IELTS Academic, or the Duolingo English Test (DET), unless the applicant satisfies the waiver eligibility conditions below.”www.amherst.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-11 |
| Conditional admission / English pathway | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Deadlines (fall 2027 entry)
| Application deadlines | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
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| Financial aid deadline | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Dates as published by the college; check the official page for time zones and supporting-document deadlines.
Costs for international students
| Student health insurance | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
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| Proof of funds for the I-20 | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Earnings by field of study
| Field | After 1 year | After 4 years |
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| Computer Science | $116,660 | $142,680 |
| Economics | $109,806 | $141,730 |
| Mathematics | $76,249 | $124,324 |
| History | $54,456 | $103,601 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | $39,597 | $69,204 |
| Area Studies | $44,715 | $68,618 |
| English Language and Literature, General | $41,040 | $65,195 |
| Political Science and Government | $61,098 | $63,754 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $46,938 | $60,212 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | $45,912 | — |
| Biology, General | $37,129 | — |
Median yearly earnings of graduates of this college's bachelor's programme in each field, 1 and 4 years after finishing. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (retrieved 2026-11-11). Only graduates who received U.S. federal student aid are counted, so international students are not included.
Location
| City / state | Amherst, MA |
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| Setting | Small city |
| Nearest major airport | Bradley International Airport (BDL), about 50 km in a straight line |
| Map | View on OpenStreetMap ↗ |
Setting from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard); airport from OurAirports (public-domain data).
Climate
| Warmest month (Jul) | average high 29°C (85°F) |
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| Coldest month (Jan) | average low -9°C (15°F) |
| Precipitation per year | 1,147 mm |
Month by month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| High °C | 2° | 3° | 8° | 16° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 17° | 10° | 4° |
| Low °C | -9° | -8° | -4° | 2° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 15° | 10° | 4° | -1° | -6° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 66 | 87 | 103 | 94 | 111 | 105 | 94 | 117 | 120 | 88 | 91 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at the Westfield Barnes Muni Ap, Ma Us weather station, about 29 km from campus. Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals.
Cost, admission rate, test-score ranges and earnings come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (retrieved 2026-11-11). SAT range adds the 25th/75th-percentile section scores, so it is approximate. Scorecard earnings are for federal-aid recipients.