Berklee College of Music

Name: Berklee College of Music Common Data Set 2024-25
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2024-25

The 2024-25 Common Data Set for Berklee College of Music — admissions, cost, and aid, as the school published them. Download the original file. See the school's page for these reports. This archive discovered the file on Apr 15, 2026. The school did not send Last-Modified and the file has no embedded date. Subscribe via RSS.

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Acceptance Rate

43.5%

Applications

7,050

Admitted

3,069

Enrolled

1,395

§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported

§ 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

Applicants7,050reported count

Admits3,06944%

Class seats1,39545% yield

Exact admission data

Admission flow data
Path	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Class seats	Note
All applicants	7,050	3,069	44%	1,395	School-reported totals.

Overall yield: 45%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.

§ Demonstrated interest

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

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →

§ Federal outcomes

Federal outcomes

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.

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

The numbers, as published

§ This report378 of ~378numbers from this report.

General Information

5 TABLES

Respondent Information

Name:Becky

Title:Prior

Office:Director of Institutional Research

Mailing Address:Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

City/State/Zip/Country:MS 155-AAOF 1140 Bolyston Street

E-mail Address:Boston

Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Web site?MA

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:02215

Country:USA

Phone:617-747-6832

Email Address:bprior@berklee.edu

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://www.berklee.edu/institutional-assessment/common-data-set

Address Information

Name of College/University:Berklee College of Music

Mailing Address:1140 Bolyston Street

City/State/Zip/Country:Boston

Main Phone Number:MA

WWW Home Page Address:02215

Admissions Phone Number:USA

Admissions Toll-Free Phone Number:617

Admissions Office Mailing Address:266-1400

Admissions E-mail Address:www.berklee.edu

Admissions Office

Admissions Phone Number (Area Code):617

Admissions Phone Number:747-2221

Admissions Email Address:admissions@berklee.edu

Degrees Offered

DiplomaX

Bachelor'sX

Postbachelor's certificateX

Master'sX

Post-master's certificateX

DEI

If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://www.berklee.edu/diversity/center-diversity-equity-and-inclusion

Enrollment And Persistence

5 TABLES

All

B1 graduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 graduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total graduates	320	294	0	0	Not reported
Part-time first-time degree-seeking	18	5	0	0	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	116	62	0	0	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total graduate students	455	365	Not reported	Not reported	820

Institutional Enrollment

B1 undergraduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 undergraduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	7549

B1 overall enrollment

Institution-wide total enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 overall enrollment. Institution-wide total enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown	Total
Grand total all students	4582	3769	0	18	8369

Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity

Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity. Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.
Measure	First-time first-year	Degree-seeking undergraduates	Total undergraduates
Nonresidents	461	2379	Not reported
Hispanic/Latino	186	954	Not reported
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	89	459	Not reported
White, non-Hispanic	489	2770	Not reported
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	2	12	Not reported
Asian, non-Hispanic	80	426	Not reported
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	1	7	Not reported
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	69	341	Not reported
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	18	120	Not reported
Total	1395	7468	Not reported

Graduation Rates

B4 current graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B4 current graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Did not persist	0	0	0	0
Final cohort	154	255	723	1132
Completed in less than four years	77	131	361	569
Completed in less than five years	14	30	108	152
Completed in less than six years	4	4	30	38
Total completers	95	165	499	759
Six-year graduation rate	62%	65%	69%	67%

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Did not persist	0	0	0	0
Final cohort	176	286	719	1181
Completed in less than four years	82	140	371	593
Completed in less than five years	23	39	107	169
Completed in less than six years	6	7	19	32
Total completers	111	186	497	794
Six-year graduation rate	63%	65%	69%	67%

Retention Rates

B22 first-year retention

First-time full-time bachelor's cohort retention count and rate.

B22 first-year retention. First-time full-time bachelor's cohort retention count and rate.
Measure	Value
Entering cohort	Not reported
Still enrolled next fall	Not reported
Retention rate	88.6%

First-Time, First-Year Admission

4 TABLES

Applications

C1 first-year admissions

First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by gender or status.

C1 first-year admissions. First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown gender	Total
Applied	3308	3740	0	2	7,050
Admitted	1567	1500	0	2	3,069
Enrolled full-time	678	610	0	0	Not reported
Enrolled part-time	61	46	0	0	Not reported
Enrolled total	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	1,395

Other fields

Total first-time, first-year who applied7,050

Total first-time, first-year who were admitted3,069

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled1,395

Total first-time, first-year who applied478

Total first-time, first-year who were admitted198

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled120

Total first-time, first-year who applied4,726

Total first-time, first-year who were admitted2,032

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled804

Total first-time, first-year who applied1,846

Total first-time, first-year who were admitted839

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled471

Basis for Selection

C7 basis for selection

Relative importance of academic and nonacademic factors in first-year admissions decisions.

C7 basis for selection. Relative importance of academic and nonacademic factors in first-year admissions decisions.
Measure	Very important	Important	Considered	Not considered
Rigor of secondary school record	—	—	Yes	—
Class rank	—	—	Yes	—
Academic GPA	Yes	—	—	—
Standardized test scores	—	—	—	Yes
Application essay	—	—	Yes	—
Recommendations	—	—	Yes	—
Interview	Yes	—	—	—
Extracurricular activities	—	—	Yes	—
Talent or ability	Yes	—	—	—
Character and personal qualities	—	—	Yes	—
First generation	—	—	Yes	—
Alumni relation	—	—	Yes	—
Geographical residence	—	—	Yes	—
State residency	—	—	Yes	—
Religious affiliation or commitment	—	—	—	Yes
Volunteer work	—	—	Yes	—
Work experience	—	—	Yes	—
Level of applicant interest	—	—	Yes	—

First-time, first-year Profile

ACT Composite: Total0

Total0

Admission Policies

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?Yes

Same feeX

Priority Date: Month1

Priority Date: Day15

If yes, maximum period of postponement:1 year

Transfer Admission

1 TABLE

Transfer Credit Policies

Describe other military/veteran transfer credit policies unique to your institution:American Council on Education (ACE) College Level Examination Program (CLEP) DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) Number Unit Type Number Unit Type 24 credits Yes No x - If yes, please provide the URL where they can be located: https://college.berklee.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer-credit ##

Academic Offerings and Policies

2 TABLES

Special Study Options

Accelerated programX

Cross-registrationX

Distance learningX

Double majorX

Dual enrollmentX

English as a Second Language (ESL)X

Exchange student program (domestic)X

Independent studyX

InternshipsX

Student-designed majorX

Study abroadX

Teacher certification programX

Required Course Work

Arts/fine artsX

Computer literacyX

English (including composition)X

HistoryX

HumanitiesX

MathematicsX

Sciences (biological or physical)X

Social scienceX

Student Life

4 TABLES

Percent Participating

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)88%

Percent of men who join fraternities0%

Percent of women who join sororities0%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing72%

Percent who live off campus or commute28%

Percent of students age 25 and older6%

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)87%

Percent of men who join fraternities0%

Percent of women who join sororities0%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing22%

Percent who live off campus or commute78%

Percent of students age 25 and older17%

Average Age

Average age of full-time students18.8

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)19.7

Average age of full-time students20.7

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)22.7

Activities Offered

Campus MinistriesX

Choral groupsX

Concert bandX

Drama/theaterX

International Student OrganizationX

Jazz bandX

Music ensemblesX

Musical theaterX

OperaX

Student governmentX

Student-run film societyX

Symphony orchestraX

Housing

Theme housingX

Wellness housingX

Living Learning CommunitiesX

Annual Expenses

3 TABLES

Information

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Private Tuition

G1 undergraduate costs

Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.

G1 undergraduate costs. Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.
Measure	First-year	All undergraduates
Tuition	52440	52440
Tuition: in-district	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: in-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: out-of-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: nonresident	Not reported	Not reported
Required fees	1560	1560
Food and housing, on-campus	20680	20680
Housing only, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Food only, on-campus meal plan	Not reported	Not reported
Comprehensive tuition, food, and housing	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported

All Institutions Expenses

Financial Aid

9 TABLES

Students Awarded Non-need-based Aid

H2A non-need-based aid

Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2A non-need-based aid. Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Institutional non-need grant recipients	547	2601	107
Average institutional non-need grant	21810	20283	8998
Athletic grant recipients	0	0	0
Average athletic grant	0	0	0

Reporting Year

2024-20252024-2025 estimated

Methodology

Both FM and IM7851179

Need-based Aid Awarded

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$1,486,225

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$59,650,970

Total Scholarships/Grants$20,165,678

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$1,349,259

Federal Work-Study$0

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$21,514,937

Total Self-Help$10,850,231

Parent Loans$50,064,764

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$0

Athletic Awards$0

Non-need-based Aid Awarded

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$851,906

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$57,868,868

Total Scholarships/Grants$14,121,940

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$0

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$14,121,940

Total Self-Help$10,634,522

Parent Loans$57,016,962

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$0

Students Awarded Aid

H2 students awarded aid

Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2 students awarded aid. Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Degree-seeking undergraduates	1288	5985	1483
Applied for need-based aid	725	2749	739
Determined to have financial need	551	2083	594
Awarded any aid	514	2052	574
Awarded need-based scholarship or grant aid	262	946	434
Awarded need-based self-help aid	318	1456	452
Awarded non-need-based scholarship or grant aid	400	1657	134
Need fully met	85	271	27
Average percentage of need met	54	54	40
Average financial aid package	34092.19	34600.74	12543.00
Average need-based scholarship or grant	2690.00	3379.00	2734.00
Average need-based self-help award	4299.03	5117.24	4160.48
Average need-based loan	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Graduating Cohort

Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.1,107

Aid Available

Federal Pell GrantsX

Federal SEOGX

State scholarships/grantsX

Private scholarshipsX

College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional fundsX

Institutional Aid

If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:## I1 ##

Instructional Faculty And Class Size

3 TABLES

Instructional Faculty

I1 instructional faculty

Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.

I1 instructional faculty. Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.
Measure	Full-time	Part-time	Total
Total instructional faculty	407	982	1389
Members of minority groups	98	214	312
Females	146	382	528
Males	261	600	861
Nonresidents	3	40	43
Doctorate or other terminal degree	55	53	108
Master's, but not terminal master's	65	134	199
Bachelor's degree	30	74	104
Unknown or other highest degree	257	721	978
Stand-alone graduate/professional programs	3	42	45

Student to Faculty Ratio

Fall 2024 Student to Faculty ratio9.08

based on ____ students6,515

and ____ faculty717

Undergraduate Class Size

I3 undergraduate class size

Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.

I3 undergraduate class size. Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.
Measure	Class sections	Class subsections
2-9 students	Not reported	0
10-19 students	347	0
20-29 students	347	0
30-39 students	83	0
40-49 students	13	0
50-99 students	13	0
100+ students	3842	0
Total	3842	0

Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

3 TABLES

Diploma/Certificates

J degrees conferred by discipline

Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.

J degrees conferred by discipline. Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.
Measure	Certificate/diploma	Associate	Bachelor's
Agriculture	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Natural resources and conservation	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Architecture	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Communication/journalism	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Communication technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Computer and information sciences	18.6%	Not reported	24.40%
Personal and culinary services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Education	Not reported	Not reported	0.89%
Engineering	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Engineering technologies	8.5%	Not reported	11.46%
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Family and consumer sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Law/legal studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
English	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Liberal arts/general studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Library science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Biological/life sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mathematics and statistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Military science and military technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Interdisciplinary studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Parks and recreation	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Philosophy and religious studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Theology and religious vocations	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Physical sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Science technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Psychology	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Public administration and social services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Social sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Construction trades	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mechanic and repair technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Precision production	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Transportation and materials moving	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Visual and performing arts	72.9%	Not reported	61.40%
Health professions and related programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Business/marketing	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
History	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	100%	0%	100%

Associate

Bachelors

How the class gets assembled.

Federal outcomes

The numbers, as published

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