American International College Overview

American International College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is American International College Known For?

• The highest award offered at AIC is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 16% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from AIC with a bachelor's degree make about $46,000 a year. That's 13% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average AIC student 4.3 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

American International College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at AIC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#43	Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#60	Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#82	Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#140	Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards AIC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#16	Highest Paid Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Graduates	College Factual
#38	Best Value Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	College Factual
#52	Best Value Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	College Factual
#58	Best Value Colleges for Secondary Education	College Factual
#97	Best Value Colleges for Elementary Education	College Factual

Where Is American International College?

Contact details for AIC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 State Street, Springfield, MA 01109
Phone:	413-737-7000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/AIConCampus

How Do I Get Into AIC?

You can apply to AIC online at: app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/fl_ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=aic2

Admission Requirements for AIC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into AIC?

AIC has an acceptance rate of 69%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to AIC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 550. Math scores were between 450 and 550.

AIC received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford American International College?

The overall average net price of AIC is $31,969. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At AIC, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $8,666 a year. That adds up to $34,664 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at AIC is 7.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

American International College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,381 undergraduate students at AIC, with 1,281 being full-time and 100 being part-time.

There are also 1,231 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,281 full-time undergraduates at AIC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of American International College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	301
Hispanic or Latino	298
White	434
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	179

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at American International College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at AIC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Sweden.

Online Learning at American International College

In 2019-2020, 182 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at AIC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 53rd most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of AIC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at American International College was 16.1%. This is the #1,182 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at AIC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

American International College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	5	173	0	178
Special Education	0	0	9	141	0	150
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	39	75	0	114
Educational Administration	0	0	64	27	6	97
Nursing	0	68	1	25	0	94
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	44	36	80
Business Administration & Management	0	16	0	41	0	57
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	48	8	56
General Psychology	0	20	0	0	1	21
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	18	0	0	0	18
Public Health	0	15	0	0	0	15
Liberal Arts General Studies	1	13	0	0	0	14
Health & Physical Education	0	6	0	5	0	11
Health Sciences & Services	0	10	0	0	0	10
Accounting	0	7	0	0	0	7
Marketing	0	7	0	0	0	7
Economics	0	7	0	0	0	7
Sociology	0	7	0	0	0	7
General Education	0	0	0	0	6	6
Political Science & Government	0	6	0	0	0	6
Communication & Media Studies	0	5	0	0	0	5
Drama & Theater Arts	0	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	4	0	0	0	4
Student Counseling	0	0	4	0	0	4
General Social Sciences	0	4	0	0	0	4
International Business	0	3	0	0	0	3
Human Biology	0	3	0	0	0	3
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	3	0	0	0	3
Taxation	0	0	0	2	0	2
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	2	2
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	1	1
General English Literature	0	1	0	0	0	1
Biological & Physical Science	0	1	0	0	0	1
General Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
History	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0
Human Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	231	122	581	60	995

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Published by The Springfield News Company Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.