Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA · Private Nonprofit

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49.9%

Acceptance Rate

N/A

Median SAT

$33,647

Median Earnings

7,167

Applicants

Acceptance Rate Trend

Up 2.3 percentage points since 2018

Applications & Admissions

Yield Rate Trend

Percentage of admitted students who enroll

Most Popular Majors (2023)

Degrees awarded in latest year

Major Popularity Over Time

How top majors have grown or declined

Earnings by Major

This school vs. national range (2yr after graduation)

Arts, Entertainment,and Media ... $31,914

$8,000 $81,997

Teacher Education and Professi... $29,685

$8,000 $81,997

Music $22,162

$8,000 $81,997

Dance $21,964

$8,000 $81,997

Visual and Performing Arts, Ot... $16,786

$8,000 $81,997

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic... N/A

$8,000 $81,997

Engineering Technologies/Techn... N/A

$8,000 $81,997

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecr... N/A

$8,000 $81,997

This school National avg

Historical Admissions Data

Each row shows the admissions cycle for that academic year. Applicants is the total number of students who applied for freshman admission. Admitted shows how many received acceptance letters. Rate is the acceptance rate (admitted ÷ applicants) — lower percentages indicate more selective schools. Yield measures the percentage of admitted students who actually enrolled — a high yield (above 50%) suggests the school is a top choice for admitted students, while lower yields indicate students often choose other options. SAT shows the 25th-75th percentile range, meaning the middle 50% of enrolled students scored within this range. Data is sourced from IPEDS, the federal database where all US colleges report annually.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Rate	Yield	SAT
2023	7,167	3,577	49.9%	42.0%	N/A
2022	7,286	3,951	54.2%	41.2%	N/A
2021	7,266	4,009	55.2%	42.6%	N/A
2020	7,860	4,056	51.6%	30.8%	N/A
2019	6,763	3,479	51.4%	37.7%	N/A
2018	6,820	3,249	47.6%	39.3%	N/A
2017	6,222	3,268	52.5%	40.7%	N/A
2016	9,224	3,121	33.8%	38.1%	N/A
2015	8,071	2,325	28.8%	40.7%	N/A