Emerson College
Emerson College admitted 51% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1270–1420 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $49,215 a year. Within six years, 80% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 51%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1270–1420
- ACT middle 50%
- 29–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $82,669 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $49,215 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $49,140 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $59,044 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 80%
- Students who return for a second year
- 87%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $67,317 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,870
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 55%
- Communication and journalism
- 15%
- English language and literature
- 12%
- Business, management and marketing
- 12%
- Health professions
- 2%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Purdue University-Main Campus IN · 50% admitted
- Bard College NY · 52% admitted
- Providence College RI · 51% admitted
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- St Lawrence University NY · 54% admitted
- Baylor University TX · 51% 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
Official sources
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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.