SCHOOLS / BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Berklee College of Music

BOSTON, MAIPEDS 164748CARNEGIE CLASS 18
§17 documents archived2009–2025
§ CDS archive · latest 3 shown
2025-26
Flat PDFExtracted
View fields →Download PDF
2024-25
Flat PDFExtracted
View fields →Download PDF
2023-24
Flat PDFExtracted
View fields →Download PDF
§ 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 →
§ 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.