Graduate Programs at Berklee College of Music

Graduate School Overview

Berklee College of Music is a Private, 4 years school located in Boston, MA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (9/1/1973 - Current).

Berklee College of Music Directory Information
School Name	Berklee College of Music
Address	1140 Boylston St, Boston, MA 2215
Phone	617-747-2222
Web	https://www.berklee.edu
Online Application	https://apply.berklee.edu
Financial Info	https://www.berklee.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Berklee College of Music is $48,355 in average. The school has 783 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 8,282 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 35 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$48,355
Student Population	783
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	35 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Berklee College of Music is $48,355 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,710.

Berklee College of Music offers the alternative tuition plans.

Berklee College of Music offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Berklee College of Music is $48,355. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.78% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$41,963	$1,316
2019-2020	$42,973	$1,435
2020-2021	$42,973	$1,435
2021-2022	$45,478	$1,569
2022-2023	$46,745	$1,610

The graduate school tuition & fees of Berklee College of Music is expensive compared to private graduate schools in Massachusetts. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Massachusetts graduate tuition is $19,750 (public) / $30,247 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Berklee College of Music	$48,355
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Massachusetts Graduate Schools	$24,582	$28,108
Public	$14,054	$19,750
Private	$30,247

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $21,290 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Berklee College of Music. On-campus living costs are increased by 1.40% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,845. Off-campus living costs are increased by 24.85% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$18,360	$2,170	$13,850	$2,170
2019-2020	$18,640	$2,170	$14,526	$2,170
2020-2021	$18,640	$2,170	$14,526	$2,170
2021-2022	$18,826	$2,170	$14,526	$2,170
2022-2023	$19,010	$2,280	$18,565	$2,280

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,710 at Berklee College of Music. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 24.91% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,236
2019-2020	$1,299
2020-2021	$1,299
2021-2022	$1,369
2022-2023	$1,710

Graduate Programs at Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music offers 16 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 381 students have completed their study at Berklee College of Music.

Offered Degrees at Berklee College of Music
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	12	370
Post Bachelor's Degree	3	11
Post Master's Degree	1	0
Total	16	381

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Berklee College of Music by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Music Performance program with 10 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Music Management program with 106 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Berklee College of Music
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Music Performance	✕	10	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	0	-
Music Performance	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Berklee College of Music
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Music Management	✕	106	-
Music Performance	✕	102	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	83	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	36	-
Music Pedagogy	✕	16	-

Berklee College of Music offers 16 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 381 students have completed their graduate studies.

370 students have earned/completed Master's program.
11 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	36	-
Education [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	12	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	83	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	239 completers	-
Musical Theatre	✕	9	-
Music Performance	✕	102	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	2	-
Conducting	✕	4	-
Music Pedagogy	✕	16	-
Music Technology	✕	0	-
Music (other)	✕	0	-
Music Management	✕	106	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Music Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
	Total	370

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Music Performance	✕	10	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	0	-
	Total	11

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Music Performance	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Berklee College of Music

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 766 students enrolled into Berklee College of Music graduate schools where it has total 8,282 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 639 full-time and 127 part-time graduate students. By gender, 412 male and 354 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	766	412	354
Full-time	639	329	310
Part-tme	127	83	44

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 335 White (43.73%), 59 Black/African American (7.70%), 69 Hispanic (9.01%), 26 Asian (3.39%), and 277 students with other races. 236 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	766	412	354
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	26	11	15
Black/African American	59	35	24
Hispanic	69	38	31
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	335	194	141
Two More	26	11	15
Un-Known	12	8	4
Non-resident Alien	236	115	121

Berklee College of Music offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 298 graduate students (38.90% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 200 graduate students (26.11% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	766
Enrolled Online Exclusively	298
Enrolled Some Online Courses	200
Not in Online Courses	268

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Berklee College of Music. 266 students are aged 20 to 24 (34.73% of total students), 36 students are aged above 50 (4.70%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Berklee College of Music.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	766	412	354
Age 20-21	11	2	9
Age 22-24	255	115	140
Age 25-29	270	139	131
Age 30-34	96	57	39
Age 35-39	39	25	14
Age 40-49	59	47	12
Age 50-64	31	22	9
Over 64	5	5	0

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