Graduate Loans for Amherst College

The annual tuition at Amherst College is approximately $38,250. As a Graduate Student, you may receive up to $8,500 in subsidized Federal Stafford Loan funds. That leaves $29,750 left for you to pay. The GradLoans Private Student Loan program allows you to borrow up to cost of attendance; with an annual maximum of $45,000 (minus other aid received) and the check is sent straight to you so you can use it to help cover all educated related expenses, including tuition, room and board, books and even a computer.

Graduate students attending Amherst College may be eligible for one or more low-interest loans available through the Direct Loan Program. One such loan is the Graduate Stafford Loan offers the lowest interest rate and repayment can be deferred until after you graduate from Amherst College.

While the Federal Stafford loan is your best choice in starting to finance your graduate degree from Amherst College, it is often not enough. Graduate students should also consider the Grad PLUS loan as well as private graduate loans to help cover the cost of their graduate education.

Contacting Amherst College

Amherst College
Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
(413) 542-2000
http://www.amherst.edu

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The appearance of Amherst College does not imply the school's endorsement of this site or student loans. This site is a resource for graduate students and is automatically generated using publicly released data from the National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS database: Institutional Characteristics 2009-2010, Enrollments 2009, and Student Financial Aid 2008-2009.