Graduate Programs at Emerson College

Graduate School Overview

Emerson College (referred to as Emerson) 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 (12/1/1950 - Current).

Emerson Directory Information
School Name	Emerson College (Emerson)
Address	120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116-4624
Phone	617-824-8500
Web	https://www.emerson.edu
Online Application	https://www.commonapp.org
Financial Info	https://www2.emerson.edu/student-financial-services

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Emerson College is $33,052 in average. The school has 1,736 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 5,891 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 46 graduate programs through Master's.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$33,052
Student Population	1,736
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	46 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Emerson College is $33,052 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,349.

Emerson College offers the alternative tuition plans.

Emerson College 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 Emerson College is $33,052. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.58% 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	$30,024	$624
2019-2020	$30,624	$640
2020-2021	$31,104	$650
2021-2022	$31,248	$662
2022-2023	$32,376	$676

The graduate school tuition & fees of Emerson is average 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
Emerson College	$33,052
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 $23,432 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Emerson College. On-campus living costs are increased by 1.70% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,554. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.46% 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	$17,690	$2,700	$15,750	$2,700
2019-2020	$18,400	$3,240	$15,750	$3,240
2020-2021	$18,768	$3,410	$16,650	$3,410
2021-2022	$19,144	$3,410	$16,650	$3,410
2022-2023	$19,528	$3,410	$16,650	$3,904

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,349 at Emerson College. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.61% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,251
2019-2020	$1,276
2020-2021	$1,296
2021-2022	$1,302
2022-2023	$1,349

Graduate Programs at Emerson

Emerson College offers 18 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 558 students have completed their study at Emerson College.

Offered Degrees at Emerson College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	18	0	558
Total	18	0	558

The most popular program at Emerson College is the Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist program and last year 249 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Emerson College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	249	-
Creative Writing	✕	61	-
Marketing (other)	✕	57	-
Publishing	✕	42	$43,000
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	✕	39	-

Emerson College offers 18 programs through Master's. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 558 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	108 completers	$44,500
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	23	-
Journalism	✕	13	$35,000
Broadcast Journalism	✕	0	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	6	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✕	19	-
Political Communication	✕	1	-
Health Communication	✕	0	-
Sports Communication	✕	4	-
Publishing	✕	42	$43,000
Education [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	✕	39	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	61	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Playwriting and Screenwriting	✕	23	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	249 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	249	-
Business [+]	✕	78 completers	-
Business/Corporate Communications	✕	2	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	19	$54,500
International Marketing	✕	0	-
Marketing (other)	✕	57	-
	Total	558

Graduate Student Population at Emerson

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,783 students enrolled into Emerson College graduate schools where it has total 5,891 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,285 full-time and 498 part-time graduate students. By gender, 221 male and 1,562 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	1,783	221	1,562
Full-time	1,285	172	1,113
Part-tme	498	49	449

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

There are 960 White (53.84%), 142 Black/African American (7.96%), 340 Hispanic (19.07%), 94 Asian (5.27%), and 247 students with other races. 100 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,783	221	1,562
American Indian/Native American	4	0	4
Asian	94	10	84
Black/African American	142	19	123
Hispanic	340	25	315
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0	4
White	960	122	838
Two More	70	11	59
Un-Known	69	14	55
Non-resident Alien	100	20	80

Emerson College offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 889 graduate students (49.86% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 317 graduate students (17.78% 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	1,783
Enrolled Online Exclusively	889
Enrolled Some Online Courses	317
Not in Online Courses	577

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Emerson College. 540 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.29% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.06%), 42 students are aged above 50 (2.36%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Emerson College.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,783	221	1,562
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	15	3	12
Age 22-24	525	51	474
Age 25-29	645	90	555
Age 30-34	280	31	249
Age 35-39	141	24	117
Age 40-49	134	15	119
Age 50-64	42	7	35

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