UniversityOverview
Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Completion Rate
- 78%
- Completion rate (U.S. College Scorecard, latest release): share of students who finish their degree. Not an employment rate.
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University Overview
High-level facts that define this university.
- University Name
- Emerson College
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Undergraduate students
- 3870
- International Students
- 15%
- Student-to-Staff Ratio
- 14:1
Student Experience
Lifestyle signals that shape daily campus life.
- Cultural Environment
- Friendly community
- Social Life
- Urban
- Climate
- Four seasons
- Safety
- 6.5
- City Characteristics
- Major metropolitan (>1m inhabitants)
Fees and entry for international students
- Confirmed international fee
- US$60,160/yr
- 2026-27, across 28 courses with a confirmed fee
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Courses at Emerson College
28 courses, A–Z.
- Acting · Bachelor
- Advertising · Bachelor
- Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects · Bachelor
- Broadcast Journalism · Bachelor
- Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor
- Cinematography and Film/Video Production · Bachelor
- Communication and Media Studies, Other · Bachelor
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, General · Bachelor
- Creative Writing · Bachelor
- Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia · Bachelor
- Directing and Theatrical Production · Bachelor
- Documentary Production · Bachelor
- Drama and Dance Teacher Education · Bachelor
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General · Bachelor
- Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other · Bachelor
- Journalism · Bachelor
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor
- Mass Communication/Media Studies · Bachelor
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor
- Music Performance, General · Bachelor
- Musical Theatre · Bachelor
- Political Communication · Bachelor
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication · Bachelor
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other · Bachelor
- Radio and Television · Bachelor
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric · Bachelor
- Sports Communication · Bachelor
- Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology · Bachelor