Alma College
Alma College pays $38,000 a year on this tier, $152,000 across four years, and publishes the identical table for international and domestic first-year students.
The top of six tiers, new for autumn 2027 at $38,000 where the previous cycle capped at $36,000.
That identical treatment is the point worth noting. Several colleges in this directory quietly run a lower scale for international students under the same tier names; Alma's international table matches its domestic one exactly.
$38,000 a year, $152,000 across four years. These are the college's autumn 2027 figures; its earlier tables and its 2026 to 2027 aid document cap at $36,000 and are superseded. Renewable for three further years, so six semesters beyond the entry year, on full-time degree-seeking enrolment and satisfactory academic progress. The college renews at the originally awarded amount unless the student stops living on campus or leaves the meal plan. Grade averages are converted to the American 4.0 scale and the college uses the higher of the weighted or unweighted figure.
Entry as a first-year student with a grade average of 4.0 and above. Renewable for three further years, so six semesters beyond the entry year, on full-time degree-seeking enrolment and satisfactory academic progress. The college renews at the originally awarded amount unless the student stops living on campus or leaves the meal plan. Grade averages are converted to the American 4.0 scale and the college uses the higher of the weighted or unweighted figure.
The college states this is available to incoming first-year and international students in the heading of its autumn 2027 merit accordion, and separately that merit scholarship and need-based aid decisions are made at the time of admission with no separate application needed for international students.
No separate application. Decisions are made at admission. Review is rolling, and the college encourages international applicants to apply by 1 July for autumn or 1 November for winter entry.
Rolling applications
Timing source · Checked 2026-09-13