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Emerson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

$59,558 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
45% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Emerson College?

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Contact details for Emerson are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116-4624
Phone: 617-824-8500
Website: www.emerson.edu

How Do I Get Into Emerson?

You can apply to Emerson online at: www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Emerson

Submission Required?
High School GPA Recommended
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Emerson?

45% Acceptance Rate
72% Of Accepted Are Women
28% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate of Emerson College is 45%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 44%, and the acceptance rate for women is 46%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Emerson submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 710. Math scores were between 580 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Emerson College  ( 620 to 710 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Emerson College  ( 580 to 690 )
200
800
Emerson received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 29 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 29. Composite scores were between 28 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Emerson College  ( 29 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Emerson College  ( 25 to 29 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Emerson College  ( 28 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford Emerson College?

$59,558 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
1.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Emerson is $59,558. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Emerson, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $12,382 a year. That adds up to $49,528 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Emerson is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Emerson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,053 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,117 undergraduate students at Emerson, with 4,053 being full-time and 64 being part-time.

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There are also 1,783 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,053 full-time undergraduates at Emerson, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 223
Black or African American 184
Hispanic or Latino 482
White 2,288
International Students 624
Other Races/Ethnicities 252

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Emerson College. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 70 countries are represented at Emerson. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Taiwan, and India.

Online Learning at Emerson College

889 Took All Classes Online
1,534 Took At Least One Class Online
746.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,534 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Emerson has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Emerson

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Emerson College was 746.9%. This is the #66 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Emerson 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%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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