Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
9of 11 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044 a year). 2 fall short.
11 of 34 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 23 have no earnings published. 2 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage.
Average net price, all families$23,367 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$23,367 a year
About $93,468 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $1,086 |
| $30k to $48k | $1,570 |
| $48k to $75k | $17,478 |
| $75k to $110k | $23,639 |
| $110k and up | $47,521 |
| All families (average) | $23,367 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate ($41,044 a year).
11 of 34 programs could be assessed 32% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $124,324 | +$83,280 | clears the bar | $13,900 | 0.2 yrs | 81 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $141,730 | +$100,686 | clears the bar | $16,662 | 0.2 yrs | 69 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $69,204 | +$28,160 | clears the bar | $10,800 | 0.4 yrs | 66 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $142,680 | +$101,636 | clears the bar | $16,750 | 0.2 yrs | 55 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $63,754 | +$22,710 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 41 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $60,212 | +$19,168 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $103,601 | +$62,557 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $65,195 | +$24,151 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $68,618 | +$27,574 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $38,3871-year earnings | -$2,657 | falls short (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $40,1201-year earnings | -$924 | falls short (1-yr) | $18,032 | no earnings gain | 13 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $41,044 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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