Which Amherst College major has the lowest debt?

Experimental Psychology graduates leave with a median of $10,800 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Amherst College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Amherst College cost?

Tuition and fees are $70,480 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,367 a year.

How many Amherst College programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Amherst College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Amherst College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Amherst, MA
1,911 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Amherst College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($100,596), and Neuroscience the least ($38,387). The median program pays $49,322.

Tuition and fees$70,480Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,367Per year

Graduation rate94%Within 6 years

Admission rate9%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Computer ScienceAbout 55 graduates a year	$100,596	$194,751	$16,750	5th of 20
2	EconomicsAbout 69 graduates a year	$90,568	$150,151	$16,662	2nd of 21
3	MathematicsAbout 81 graduates a year	$78,500	$125,945	$14,745	3rd of 15
4	Political ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$61,125	$83,307	Not reported	3rd of 29
5	HistoryAbout 28 graduates a year	$56,444	$158,858	Not reported	1st of 20
6	Romance LanguagesAbout 30 graduates a year	$49,322	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 9
7	Area StudiesAbout 20 graduates a year	$49,149	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
8	Experimental PsychologyAbout 66 graduates a year	$45,786	Not reported	$10,800	2nd of 10
9	EnglishAbout 25 graduates a year	$41,979	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 28
10	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 13 graduates a year	$40,120	Not reported	$18,032	3rd of 5
11	NeuroscienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$38,387	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$100,596
Economics$90,568
Mathematics$78,500
Political Science$61,125
History$56,444

Lowest median debt

Experimental Psychology$10,800
Mathematics$14,745
Economics$16,662
Computer Science$16,750
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies$18,032

Largest programs

MathematicsAbout 81 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 69 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 66 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 55 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $100,596 in their first year, the most of 11 Amherst College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels