New EnglandUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & PerformingTarget

Berklee College of Music

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

Boston, MA7,510 students
Acceptance Rate
44%
selective
Median SAT
1,130
Net Price After Aid
$50.4k
Sticker $50.3k
Graduation Rate
66%
6-year, full-time

Berklee College of Music is a private institution in Boston, MA with an acceptance rate of 44% and 7,510 students. The average net price after financial aid is $50,404 per year.

About Berklee College of Music

A private 4-year urban university in Boston, MA.

Berklee College of Music is a college in Boston, MA. It enrolls roughly 7,510 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 44%.

New EnglandUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing
Acceptance Rate
44%
Selective
Total Enrollment
7,510
Medium
Retention
85%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
66%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

A clear-eyed view of how your profile compares to admitted students — and the things that would move your odds the most.

Acceptance Rate
44%
44 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation. Here is what would make your application as competitive as possible.

Things that would move your odds the most

  1. Build a single deep extracurricular peak
    Depth beats breadth at selective schools — one nationally-visible accomplishment outperforms ten clubs.
  2. Strengthen one teacher recommendation
    A specific, personal letter from a teacher who knows your work moves the needle.

Probability is based on a model trained on historical admissions data. It is a guide, not a guarantee. Admissions decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Berklee College of Music. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,130
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
2228
25
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Berklee College of Music after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
Tuition $50,270
Average net price after aid
$50,404
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$38,537
$30,001 – $48,000
$39,205
$48,001 – $75,000
$46,723
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$56,371

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
15%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
33%
Avg loan $15,750 / year
Avg Grant Aid
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Berklee College of Music concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Visual & Performing
56% of degrees awarded
Retention
85%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Berklee College of Music. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White41%
  • Asian6%
  • Hispanic14%
  • Black6%
  • International32%

Gender

  • Female36%
  • Male64%
International
30%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
7,510

Outcomes after graduation

What Berklee College of Music graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$33.6k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
66%
6-year, full-time

What this means

$34k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 66% graduation rate is above the national average.

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