Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music admitted 44% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $47,587 a year. Within six years, 73% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 44%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $75,678 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $47,587 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $42,991 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $54,000 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 73%
- Students who return for a second year
- 89%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $43,451 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,468
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 18%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 57%
- Computer and information sciences
- 25%
- Engineering technologies
- 16%
- Health professions
- 2%
- Education
- 1%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Beacon College FL · 44% admitted
- Soka University of America CA · 43% admitted
- Chicago State University IL · 43% admitted
- University of South Florida FL · 43% admitted
- Millsaps College MS · 43% admitted
- Union College NY · 44% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.