Amherst College
Amherst, MA · 官方网站 ↗
国际学生还应预留健康保险、签证和旅费等此处未列出的开支。
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.
国际学生的助学金与申请要求
| 国际申请者的资助与录取情况 | 对国际申请者 need-blind（不考虑经济状况） 申请助学金不会降低国际申请者被录取的机会。 来源 (1)以下为学校官网的英文原文引用。 “As a college that follows a need-blind policy in admission for international students”www.amherst.edu ↗ · 查证日期：2026-11-11 |
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| 满足全部经济需求 | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
| 奖学金（成绩类） | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
| Forms for international aid applicants | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
| Must request aid when applying? | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
| SAT / ACT 政策 | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
| 英语水平 | 须提供英语水平考试成绩，符合豁免条件者除外来源 (1)以下为学校官网的英文原文引用。 “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 ↗ · 查证日期：2026-11-11 |
| Conditional admission / English pathway | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
Deadlines (fall 2027 entry)
| Application deadlines | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
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| Financial aid deadline | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
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 — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
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| Proof of funds for the I-20 | Not yet determined — 请查看学校网站 ↗ |
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.
所在地
| 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 (7月) | average high 29°C (85°F) |
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| Coldest month (1月) | average low -9°C (15°F) |
| Precipitation per year | 1,147 mm |
Month by month
| 1月 | 2月 | 3月 | 4月 | 5月 | 6月 | 7月 | 8月 | 9月 | 10月 | 11月 | 12月 | |
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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.
费用、录取率、考试分数范围和收入数据来自美国教育部的 College Scorecard（获取日期：2026-11-11）。SAT 范围由第 25 和第 75 百分位的各科分数相加得出，因此仅为近似值。Scorecard 的收入数据仅针对获得联邦助学金的学生。