What Emerson costs
Emerson College charges $57,056 a year in published tuition and fees, about $28,528 a semester. With housing, food, books and other costs, the total cost of attendance is $80,399 a year. Students who received grants or scholarships paid $49,466 a year on average after that aid (the average net price). You may pay less if receiving grants or scholarships.
Getting into Emerson
For fall 2024, Emerson College received 10,378 applications and admitted 5,325 students, and 828 enrolled as first-years. The middle half of enrolled students who sent SAT scores scored between 1270 and 1420.
What Emerson students study
The most common bachelor's degrees at Emerson College (class of 2024, first majors only):
| Major | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Cinematography and Film / Video Production | 470 |
| Creative Writing | 116 |
| Journalism | 67 |
| Business / Commerce | 58 |
| Marketing / Marketing Management | 57 |
| Drama and Dramatics / Theatre Arts | 48 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 41 |
| Dramatic / Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other | 24 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023–24.
Colleges near Emerson
Other colleges within about an hour, by straight-line distance:
- Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts: about 1 mile away
- Fisher College, Boston, Massachusetts: about 1 mile away
- Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts: about 1 mile away
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts: about 1 mile away
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: about 1 mile away
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts: about 2 miles away
Colleges like Emerson
Arts, music and design schools with the same campus setting (big city), closest in size and nearest in region:
- Pratt Institute–Main, Brooklyn, New York: 3,910 undergraduates
- The New School, New York, New York: 6,563 undergraduates
- American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York, New York: 1,438 undergraduates
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 2,805 undergraduates
- Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 5,368 undergraduates
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FAQ
What is Emerson College's acceptance rate? 51.3% for fall 2024: 5,325 of 10,378 applicants were admitted.
How much is tuition at Emerson College? $57,056 a year in published tuition and fees, before aid. You may pay less if receiving grants or scholarships.
How many students go to Emerson College? About 3,900 undergraduates (fall 2024).
What SAT scores do Emerson College students have? The middle half of enrolled students scored 1270–1420.
What is the campus setting at Emerson College? The National Center for Education Statistics classifies its location as a big city.
Sources
- College Navigator: Emerson College (IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education)
- College Scorecard: Emerson College
- Campus photo via Wikimedia Commons
