Admissions and Tuition

Your Story Is Our Story

As an institution built on embracing differences, American International College recognizes that each student takes a unique educational journey.

At every step, we meet them with personalized learning that prepares them for the careers they picture.

Once you become a Yellow Jacket, you’ll discover exactly who you are as your dreams transform into a defined roadmap and empower your own incredible narrative. Ready to take your next step? Complete an application or come by our campus.

How to Apply to AIC

You’ll proceed based on the route you’ve taken to AIC. Decide which pathway best reflects your background—and where you seek to go—before reviewing application requirements and determining if additional documentation is necessary. We also offer rolling admissions: Submit your application any time, and we’ll get back to you within two to four weeks.

First-Year

High school is about to wrap up or is recently behind you, and you plan to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree on AIC’s campus.

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Transfer

Carry over courses taken at a two- or four-year school, including a completed associate degree, for an uninterrupted, flexible trajectory toward a bachelor’s.

Graduate

Our professionally designed master’s and doctoral programs, available on campus or online, grow your knowledge and network in preparation for more advanced and specialized roles.

International

Establish your future on a collaborative campus where the world’s many cultures and languages converge—and where assistance for your application and visa is just a call or email away.

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Online Degree Completion

Leverage the college credits you have already earned toward a career-connected bachelor’s degree structured with your life in mind.

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Early College

AIC’s partnerships with area school districts let you begin your college timeline as a high school student.

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Military and Veteran

Your AIC education serves not as part two of your career but as a bold continuation that builds on your courage and achievements. Discover how we apply your training toward a degree and why we rank among the top 20 percent of military-friendly schools.

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Non-Degree

A certificate or short-term training program from AIC opens doors that lead to extraordinary, rewarding places. We’re here whenever it’s time to upskill.

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Returning to AIC

Based on how long you’ve been away, AIC offers re-enrollment or readmission opportunities to pick up your program right where you left off.

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Visit Us

Listen to a lecture, speak to Yellow Jackets, and take in our vibrant campus situated right at the center of New England’s City of Firsts. AIC gives you multiple ways to get to know us—from group visits to a College Tour feature you can view from home.

How to Visit AIC

Costs and Financial Aid

Our once-radical origins—education as a path to American prosperity for immigrants, women, and people of color—continue to propel our boundary-breaking present. Today, AIC’s generous aid packages ensure this gateway remains open to everyone, regardless of life stage.

Tuition and Fees Financial Aid Scholarships

Contact a Counselor

Beginning with your application, AIC’s personalized guidance adds clarity to sometimes-confusing new things. We’ll work with you one-on-one to gather materials, explore scholarships, fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), and answer any other questions you may have.

Get Connected

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Make a Deposit and Save Your Spot

Your acceptance letter gives your journey the go-ahead. Between this exciting moment and your first day of class, our step-by-step directions help you enroll and get acclimated to life at AIC.

Admitted Students

Why AIC?

Everything you understand about yourself—your interests, your aspirations, and your identity—starts to come together at AIC.

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Academics

The Student Success Advising Center works closely with first-years, sophomores, and incoming transfer students to explore all aspects of their academic journey through a collaborative mentoring relationship.

Faculty

Learning from researchers and leading practitioners in small classes, you’ll understand why your knowledge is important and how to not only enter but authentically impact your field of choice.

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A Home for Everyone

The rush of the field, stage, or studio is matched in the classroom and around campus as you master new skills, challenge yourself, and make friends who stand by you for life.

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A Diverse Community

Your perspective and life experiences have more than a place—they’re celebrated by a community that reflects the diversity of the world and directly shape AIC’s own story.

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Personalized Support and Guidance

An equitable education means that no one is placed in a prescriptive box or precluded from the professional sphere. At AIC, intensive advising, first-generation resources, and robust transition programming ensure every student receives the tools they need to excel here and everywhere they go.

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Competitive Career Preparation

The power of connection is evident at AIC. As you see ideas and concepts coalesce into something bigger, our partnerships throughout the Greater Springfield area point you to opportunities to observe the outcomes of your newfound knowledge.

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What Sets Us Apart

A community that embodies everything about the world, from its people and perspectives to industries that cross multiple time zones and cultures, prepares you to fully identify your place in it.

About AIC

40+

Countries and the diversity of Greater Springfield are represented by our student body.

99%

Of full-time traditional undergraduates receive financial aid.

96%

Of polled 2023 graduates were employed or continuing their education within one year of graduation.

Alumni Devonte Dillion '17, MBA '19 connects with AIC students and presents the work of his nonprofit, DTCares.

Meet Our Alumni

An education that intentionally uplifts every student instructs our alumni to do the same for their organizations, families, and communities. Discover how decades of alumni have launched careers serving Western Mass and the world from AIC.

AIC Alumni

What’s Next?

Free your future from restrictive shoulds with an education that lets your whole self flourish.

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