Private nonprofit · Boston, Massachusetts
Emerson College: cost, debt and earnings by major
19 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $49,215
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 80%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 51%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 3,870
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $23,250
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- 2.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $49,140 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $43,321 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $42,830 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $47,619 |
| $110,000+ | $59,402 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (10)
- Marketing$76,623
- Journalism$63,337
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$61,496
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$59,301
- Communication and Media Studies$59,202
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$51,742
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts$49,951
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$49,381
- Business/Commerce, General$45,871 (1 yr)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$44,760
Master's programs (9)
- Marketing$93,412
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$74,005
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$65,081 (1 yr)
- Publishing$61,304
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$57,493
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$56,485
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$53,881
- Journalism$48,294
- Communication and Media Studies$46,040