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Berklee College of Music was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is music.
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Berklee College of Music was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
The acceptance rate at Berklee College of Music is a competitive 54%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
At Berklee College of Music, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Berklee College of Music is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Berklee College of Music has a freshmen retention rate of 84%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Berklee College of Music the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Berklee College of Music.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,004 undergraduates at Berklee College of Music with 4,224 being full-time and 1,780 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $43,461 | $39,569 | $43,522 | $50,296 | $54,760 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Berklee College of Music, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Berklee College of Music, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $17,737 a year. That adds up to $70,948 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Berklee College of Music make the most money.
Get more details about the location of 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 |
| Website: | www.berklee.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Software & Applications | 424 | $19,370 |
| Engineering Technology (Other) | 263 | $26,827 |
| Arts & Media Management | 263 | $40,324 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 75 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 34 | $36,349 |
| Music | 34 | $18,177 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 26 | NA |
| Dance | 20 | $22,993 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,127 students took at least one online class at Berklee College of Music. This is a decrease from the 3,868 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,127 | 1,854 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,868 | 1,993 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,631 | 6,516 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,582 | 1,297 |
Learn more about online learning at Berklee College of Music.
Footnotes
*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.
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