College · Private nonprofit · Springfield, MA · City
American International College
Springfield, MA
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$23k
Undergrad size1,017
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $23k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,017 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $59k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $23k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$237k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$93k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$144k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $44.2k
- Room & board
- $16.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans67%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$53k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,017
- Location
- Springfield, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- AIC
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White29%
- Hispanic27%
- Black26%
- International9%
- Two or more races3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2%
- Asian2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students41%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 32
What you can study.