unitid 165662 · Boston, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Emerson College
- enrollment 2023
- 6,290
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
51%
20th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
3,870
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
12th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
77%
finish within 150% time
84th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$80,399
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$49,180
after aid, aided students
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$62,832
after entry, Title IV students
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
38th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $32,650 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $93,112
- First-generation students
- 13%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $57,056
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 309 | $74,461 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 298 | $52,518 | $24,250 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 102 | $33,947 | $25,000 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 92 | $49,817 | $24,250 |
| Journalism. | 68 | $61,538 | $24,580 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 67 | $54,374 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 50 | — | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 44 | $63,073 | $24,625 |
| Marketing. | 41 | $72,291 | $24,250 |
| Marketing. | 35 | $91,573 | — |
| Publishing. | 33 | $57,769 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 24 | $62,654 | $23,953 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.