Berklee College of Music Teaching Programs

Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Berklee College of Music?

Contact details for Berklee College of Music are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1140 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215
Phone:	617-747-2222
Website:	www.berklee.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/BerkleeCollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/BerkleeCollege

How Do I Get Into Berklee College of Music?

You can apply to Berklee College of Music online at: https://apply.berklee.edu/

Admission Requirements for Berklee College of Music

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Berklee College of Music?

With an acceptance rate of 52%, Berklee College of Music does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 54% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 47%.

Can I Afford Berklee College of Music?

The overall average net price of Berklee College of Music is $57,281. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Berklee College of Music, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $14,689 a year. That adds up to $58,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Berklee College of Music is 6.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Berklee College of Music Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,004 undergraduate students at Berklee College of Music, with 4,224 being full-time and 1,780 being part-time.

There are also 627 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,224 full-time undergraduates at Berklee College of Music, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Berklee College of Music students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	245
Black or African American	304
Hispanic or Latino	526
White	1,679
International Students	1,181
Other Races/Ethnicities	289

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Berklee College of Music. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 107 countries are represented at Berklee College of Music. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at Berklee College of Music

In 2019-2020, 6,631 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Berklee College of Music has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Berklee College of Music

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Berklee College of Music was 106.5%. This is the #295 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Berklee College of Music regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Berklee College of Music Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	TOTAL
Music Education	0
TOTAL	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Walters-Storyk Design Group under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.