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UMass Amherst tuition and net price

University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, Massachusetts · Public · 23,671 undergraduates

$18,487
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$41,759
out-of-state tuition and fees
$36,842
full cost of attendance a year
$22,857
average net price after aid

What a family pays depends heavily on income. Households under $30,000 paid $10,294 on average; those above $110,000 paid $33,795. Massachusetts residents pay $18,487 in tuition and fees for 2025-26; students from other states pay $41,759. The University of Texas at Dallas has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to UMass Amherst in size and selectivity ($15,271), and Pitt the highest ($29,362).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $10,294Income under $30,000$10,294Income $30,001 to $48,000: $10,343Income $30,001 to $48,000$10,343Income $48,001 to $75,000: $12,020Income $48,001 to $75,000$12,020Income $75,001 to $110,000: $17,769Income $75,001 to $110,000$17,769Income over $110,000: $33,795Income over $110,000$33,795
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use UMass Amherst's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $13k2015-16 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $14k2016-17 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $15k2017-18 Out-of-state: $33k In-state: $15k2018-19 Out-of-state: $35k In-state: $16k2019-20 Out-of-state: $36k In-state: $16k2020-21 Out-of-state: $36k In-state: $16k2021-22 Out-of-state: $37k In-state: $16k2022-23 Out-of-state: $38k In-state: $17k2023-24 Out-of-state: $39k In-state: $17k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $42k In-state: $18k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$18,487$41,759
2023-24$17,357$39,293
2022-23$16,952$38,171
2021-22$16,439$36,964
2020-21$16,439$36,427
2019-20$16,389$35,710
2018-19$15,887$34,570
2017-18$15,411$33,477
2016-17$14,971$32,204
2015-16$14,356$30,689
2014-15$13,258$28,813

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$18,487 in-state, $41,759 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$16,726
Books and supplies
$1,200
Full cost of attendance
$36,842 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
23%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
46%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,500

Colleges similar to UMass Amherst

The six public four-year colleges closest to UMass Amherst in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
South Carolina
Columbia, SC		60%29,820$22,197$69,024
Pitt
Pittsburgh, PA		58%20,370$29,362$73,113
Rutgers
New Brunswick, NJ		58%37,751$24,897$80,490
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT		52%19,835$24,342$82,098
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX		65%21,751$15,271$74,762

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UMass Amherst on College Scorecard