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Bachelor's · Boston, Massachusetts

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Berklee College of Music worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$51,635
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$25,937
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$202k (likely $202k – $253k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
Not within 20 years in most scenarios
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$343k (likely −$452k – −$227k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$236k (likely −$421k – $2k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
73%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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