SCHOOLS / BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Berklee College of Music

BOSTON, MAIPEDS 164748CARNEGIE CLASS 18
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§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reportedEarly Action offered
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants6,671reported count
Admits3,67555%
Class seats1,46640% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants6,6713,67555%1,466School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 40%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Application cost

Application fee: $150. Fee waivers are reported as available.

§ Demonstrated interest

This school marks applicant interest as Considered. Read yield and wait-list behavior with that policy in mind.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Partial merit profileAcademic merit aid checkedNon-need aid for nonresidents
No-need grant recipients420H2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$49,465Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: Reported. Average international aid reported: $1,255.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio9EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
3069ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate44%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
7050ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1288ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1395ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate45%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded1513DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded0DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded357DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$1,500COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$50,540COST1_2024.TUITION2
On-campus room and board$19,440COST1_2024.RMBRDAMT
Out-of-state required fees$1,500COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$50,540COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$75,678DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$75,678DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment5998DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment820DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment1551DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment8369DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment7549DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate81%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,336SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$14,193SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,419SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate14%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate36%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate14%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityBostonHD2024.CITY
ControlPrivate not-for-profitHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringPost-master's certificateHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameBerklee College of MusicHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category5,000 - 9,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPrivate not-for-profit, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateMassachusettsHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years50%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years64%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years67%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate89%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time67%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate60%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate6%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$33,647
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
67%
6-year completion
Average net price
$49,465
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$25,000
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$12,235$12k
MEDIAN
$33,647$34k
P75
$61,842$62k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$42,734
$30,001 – $48,000
$37,987
$48,001 – $75,000
← MODAL BRACKET$47,799
$75,001 – $110,000
$46,801
$110,001 and up
$54,676
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
50%
6-yr grad
67%
8-yr grad
69%
Retention
89%
Pell grad
61%
Transfer
6%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.