American International College
Private College in Springfield, MA. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $53,124.
Ten years after entry, the median American International College student earns $53,124 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree. It also moves people — 2.7% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 100%, American International College takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 2,540, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 11%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 46% finish inside six years. 57% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 1,299, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,097 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,086 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,437 at $0–30k against $21,860 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $33,238, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 80% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 275 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,437 |
| $30–48k | $24,073 |
| $48–75k | $22,749 |
| $75–110k | $24,772 |
| $110k+ | $21,860 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 874 of these 1,097 students, totalling $6,035,924 — an average of $6,906 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hampden County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)