Berklee College of Music Overview

Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Berklee College of Music Known For?

• Students at Berklee College of Music may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Berklee College of Music is the post-master's certificate.
• In 2017-2018, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average Berklee College of Music student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Berklee College of Music Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Berklee College of Music.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Other Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Most Popular Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Berklee College of Music has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#10	Best Music Management Schools	College Factual
#17	Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is Berklee College of Music?

Contact details for Berklee College of Music are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1140 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215
Phone:	617-747-2222
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/BerkleeCollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/BerkleeCollege

How Do I Get Into Berklee College of Music?

You can apply to Berklee College of Music online at: https://apply.berklee.edu/

Admission Requirements for Berklee College of Music

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Berklee College of Music?

Berklee College of Music has an acceptance rate of 52%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 54% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 47%.

Can I Afford Berklee College of Music?

The overall average net price of Berklee College of Music is $57,281. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Berklee College of Music, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $14,689 a year. That adds up to $58,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Berklee College of Music is 6.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Berklee College of Music Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,004 undergraduate students at Berklee College of Music, with 4,224 being full-time and 1,780 being part-time.

There are also 627 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,224 full-time undergraduates at Berklee College of Music, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Berklee College of Music students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	245
Black or African American	304
Hispanic or Latino	526
White	1,679
International Students	1,181
Other Races/Ethnicities	289

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Berklee College of Music. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 107 countries are represented at Berklee College of Music. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at Berklee College of Music

In 2019-2020, 6,631 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Berklee College of Music has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Berklee College of Music

The following table shows how Berklee College of Music is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Arts & Media Management	#4	#4
Engineering Technology (Other)	#28	#28
Computer Software & Applications	#34	#34

Online Growth Rankings of Berklee College of Music

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Berklee College of Music was 106.5%. This is the #408 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Berklee College of Music regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Berklee College of Music Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Music	657	24	129	810
Computer Software & Applications	316	0	30	346
Arts & Media Management	167	0	75	242
Engineering Technology (Other)	149	0	77	226
Drama & Theater Arts	53	0	8	61
Dance	45	0	0	45
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	33	0	0	33
Teacher Education Subject Specific	12	1	10	23
TOTAL	1,432	25	329	1,786

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Walters-Storyk Design Group under License

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