College
- AcademicsA-
- ValueB+
- DiversityA
- CampusC+
- AthleticsC
- Party SceneB+
- ProfessorsB
- LocationA+
- DormsB-
- Campus FoodC-
- Student LifeB+
- SafetyB-
Athletic Division
NCAA Division III (without football)
Athletic Conference
New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Emerson College Rankings
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Admissions
Acceptance Rate
48%
SAT Range
1120-1330
ACT Range
25-30
Application Fee
$65
SAT/ACT
Neither required nor recommended
High School GPA
Recommended
Early Decision/Early Action
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Cost
Net Price
$39,263/ year
National
$15,523Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
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Academics
Professors
B
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Student Faculty Ratio
15:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
- 84%
- of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.61 responses
- 55%
- of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.64 responses
- 80%
- of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.64 responses
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Majors
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Students
Full-Time Enrollment
3,733Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
1%
Pell Grant
17%
Varsity Athletes
6%
Campus Life
Freshmen Live On-Campus
91%
Poll
- 63%
- of students say Greek life is pretty low-key and has little effect on the social scene.75 responses
Poll
- 67%
- of students say no one pays attention to varsity sports.97 responses
After College
Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$43,700/ year
National
$33,028Graduation Rate
80%
National
49%Employed 2 Years After Graduation
95%
National
83%- 71%
- of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.38 responses
Emerson College Reviews
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Emerson is an institution heavily weighted towards VMA and theatre majors. It flaunts its journalism program, but it's very lacking in that department. Many journalism majors cannot check out cameras or tripods and are instead given iPods and tripods for those iPods. Students in this journalism classes are very unmotivated sometimes, while in journalism organizations on campus are much more energetic about their profession. These organizations, as they already contain more motivated students, should receive more funding to entice more students to join them and produce greater work. There is much more diversity on campus this year, which is a step in the right direction as well.
Emerson College has excellent professors, and unique arts programs, however the administration is controlling, disorganized, and insensitive to student needs: student facilities are in some cases fantastic and in others severely lacking. We had no student union for a whole year and a half, because the lease ran out. The theatre spaces are some of the best college theatres in the country, with the only broadway style theatre, and several other excellent performing spaces. However, the administration does not make it very easy to use the space. Our class tries to put on a senior showcase in NYC, and the administrators forbid it, because they are overly controlling of their image. Overall, it's worth putting up with them for the quality of the education, but be aware that there may be hurdles to jump.
My four years at Emerson gave me great friends, helped shape my worldview, and greatly contributed to my career trajectory. The amount of opportunity there, both in and out of classes, is endless. The Emerson connections aren't a myth and the name is recognized outside the film/TV industry as well. I was a marketing communications major and I can't count how many times people in the marketing/advertising industry called out, recognized, and asked me about my school during internship interviews and networking events. After participating in an internship for credit at a Boston agency during my senior year, I received a job offer right before graduation, and I've been very happy there since!