Emerson College
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 3,870
- Admit rate
- 51%
- Net price
- $49.2k
- Grad rate
- 77%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 55%
- Specialty: Communication & Journalism 15%
- Specialty: English 12%
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA 02215City: LargeUNITID 164748
Private nonprofit 4-yearMaster's Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 57%Specialty: Computer Science 25%Specialty: Engineering Technology 16%
Undergraduates
7,468
Graduate students
820
Admit rate
44%
Average net price
$49.5k
Graduation rate
67%
Retention rate
89%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$33.6k
Median debt
$25k
Student : faculty
9:1
Value score*
1th pct.
Programs offered
22
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · New England
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year, medium, primarily nonresidential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 6,563
- Admit rate
- 63%
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- Undergrads
- 539
- Admit rate
- 41%
- Net price
- $51.8k
- Grad rate
- 78%
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Providence, RI
- Undergrads
- 2,084
- Admit rate
- 19%
- Net price
- $50.5k
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- 89%
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- Undergrads
- 1,438
- Admit rate
- 24%
- Net price
- $41.4k
- Grad rate
- 72%
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.