Emerson College

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Information Summary

Ranks 322nd overall and 25th in Massachusetts

Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

Reported area around or near Boston, MA 02116-4624

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

Undergraduate	Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
Graduate	Postbaccalaureate with arts & sciences (business dominant)
Undergraduate Population	Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
Enrollment	High undergraduate
Size & Setting	Medium four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Campus Crime Statistics

Ranks 252nd on StateUniversity.com‘s Safe School Index

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Emerson College?

Ranks 206th for total cost of attendance

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

	In District	In State	Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees	$24,622  $27,366	$24,622  $27,366	$24,622  $27,366

	Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies	$680  $720
On-Campus – Room & Board	$10,454  $11,412
On-Campus – Other Expenses	$1,394  $1,373
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board	$11,430  $13,050
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses	$1,601  $1,373
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board	$1,601  $1,373

Admission Details

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Emerson College use for admissions?

= Required, = Recommended, = Neither required nor recommended

Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record	/ /
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demo	N/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other tests	N/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Emerson College accept?

Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity	1,629
Meals per Week	N/A
Room Fee	N/A
Board Fee	N/A

Student Financial Aid Details

How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

Emerson College Ranks 4376th for the average student loan amount.

	Average	Users	% of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid	$1,764	72	10%
State & Local Grant Aid	$1,325	54	8%
Institutional Grant Aid	$10,450	334	46%
Student Loan Aid	$2,605	453	63%
Any financial aid type		501	70%

Student Enrollment Demographics

How many students are enrolled at Emerson College?

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at Emerson College?

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at Emerson College.

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

Acting		1	1			9	1	12
Broadcast Journalism	1	2	2	2		33	5	45
Business/Corporate Communications	7	1	1	1		9	3	22
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	1	2	7	5		126	15	156
Communication Disorders, General						7	2	9
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric			1			5	1	7
Creative Writing	1	2	4	11	2	154	18	192
Dance, General	1			1		3	2	7
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia		1				14	3	18
Directing and Theatrical Production						2		2
Drama and Dance Teacher Education		1	1			45	9	56
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	2	1	4	2		56	4	69
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other			1			13	2	16
Health Communication						9	2	11
International Marketing	14	1		1		13	1	30
Journalism	5	2	2	2		37	5	53
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	38	8	9	2	1	106	25	189
Mass Communication/Media Studies						1		1
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other			1		1	12	1	15
Political Communication			1			12	2	15
Publishing		1				18	12	31
Radio and Television	9	9	15	7	1	150	23	214
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	1	1	2	1		36	7	48
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	1	1				17		19
Total	81	34	52	35	5	887	143	1,237

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Emerson College Ranks 556th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system
Average FT Salary	$69,343 ($72,995 male / $64,493 female)
Number of FT Faculty	149 (85 male / 64 female)
Number of PT Faculty	201
FT Faculty Ratio	0.7 : 1
Total Benefits	$2,805,273

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Emerson College Summary

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Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a “school of oratory,” in Boston, Massachusetts. Emerson claims to be “the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts context.” The college is accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Charles Wesley Emerson founded the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art in 1880, a year after Boston College closed the School of Oratory. In 1890, the name changed again to “Emerson College of Oratory” and was later shortened to Emerson College in 1939. The college expanded and rented space at 36 Bromfield Street, and moved to Odd Fellows Hall on Berkeley and Tremont Streets in the South End of Boston. Henry Southwick, a faculty member and graduate, became a financial partner for the college with Emerson. Kenney purchased the college from Dr. Emerson. Soon after, the college rented a new location in Chickering Hall. Rolfe, a Shakespearean scholar and actor, was named the second President of Emerson College of Oratory. As the Student Government Association of the college held its first meeting in 1908, the third president, Henry Lawrence Southwick, of the college was inaugurated. During his tenure, the college rented a new building at 30 Huntington Avenue. The college purchased its first piece of real estate with a new women’s dormitory building at 373 Commonwealth Ave. When Harry Seymour Ross was appointed the fourth president of Emerson College in 1931, the first course in radio broadcasting was taught by the program director of WEEI, a Boston AM radio station. Purchase of the buildings at 130 Beacon Street and 128 Beacon Street a year later started the first presence of Emerson College in Boston’s Back Bay. With the appointment of Boylston Green, the first president with no prior association with college, Green put his background as a dean of students into extra-curricular activities, including the establishment of a student activities fee. At the start of the decade, Emerson College became a member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, an accreditation association for schools and colleges in New England. Justus McKinley, as the 5th President of Emerson College. Pulling out of Financial crisis, the college started to develop its programs with new facilities. In 1964, two buildings were purchased by the college: 96 Beacon Street, which became the student union building, and 132-134 Beacon Street, which became a dormitory. In 1967, Richard Chapin, former Dean of the Harvard Business School was inaugurated as the seventh president of Emerson College. Though Emerson College has moved to various locations within the city of Boston, the appointment of Allen E. Koenig (the ninth president of Emerson College) almost took the college outside of Boston. As soon as he was inaugurated, Koenig initiated talks with Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to relocate Emerson and merge the two schools. Despite the newly purchased Commonwealth Avenue buildings, Lawrence, Massachusetts was soon chosen as a new location for Emerson College, about 44.5 km (27 mi) away from Boston. Three years later in 1988, Judge John Forte ruled in favor of Emerson College and the City of Lawrence. Regardless of the failed relocation attempt, the college bought a building at 0 Marlborough Street (also known as 6 Arlington Street) in 1988 for dormitories and a dining hall. John Zacharis became the tenth president of Emerson College and faced a college fractured by the failed move to Lawrence, Massachusetts. A year later, Liebergott was inaugurated and became the first female president of the college. Shortly after, she submitted a 10-year master plan to the Boston Redevelopment Authority which involved moving the college to the Theatre District (also known at that time as the Combat Zone). In addition, the college announced the purchase and restoration of The Little Building (Boston) (1994) across the street from the Ansin Building and next to Emerson’s Majestic Theatre. Restoration was completed on the façades of the college’s buildings at 126, 128, 130, 132-134, 168 Beacon Street, and 21 Commonwealth Avenue. In the mid-90s Emerson purchased the Walker Building (Boston) at 120 Boylston. The 11-story steel and glass building houses the Department of Performing Arts and includes two theaters (The Semel Theatre and The Greene Theatre), two television studios, make up and costume labs, faculty offices and an exhibition area. In recent years, Emerson College has moved from Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood to the theatre district of Boston in the south-east corner of the Boston Common. In addition to the buildings listed below, Emerson College owns and runs the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Once owned by the Boston Edison Company, the Ansin Building was purchased by Emerson in 1992. Marketing Labs (CML) 1, 2, and Journalism Lab (JRL) Production Facilities: Newsroom TV Studio, Newsroom Editing Labs Academic Facilities: Library Opened in the fall of 2003, the 11-story building is home to two television studios, two performing art theaters, the Huret and Spector Gallery, set and costume studios, classrooms, and the offices of the Department of Performing Arts. Control Room The building replaces residence hall and student union buildings on Beacon and Arlington streets with most offices relocating to the new building. Emerson purchased the theatre in 1983, and began extensive renovations on the building. The theatre is home to 2-3 Emerson Stage productions each year, various speaking events, Family Weekend, Open House, and the annual EVVY Awards, Emerson’s own award show and the largest student-run live television production in the country. In addition to housing a number of administrative offices on the ground floor, the Little Building was once an office and residential space before Emerson College purchased the building in 1994 and opened for use in September 1995. The residence hall houses over 750 students in ten floors of the twelve story building and contains the college’s only cafeteria, a workout center in its basement and The Cabaret, a performance space holding about 150 people. The former features several conference, meeting, and rehearsal spaces open to all students, offices for Student Life and the Student Government Association, and storage for any student organization that requires it. Also housing new offices for the Athletics Department, it is Emerson College’s first-ever indoor athletic facility. Boston Globe Article In 2005, Emerson College, the City of Boston, the Boston arts community, and Millennium Partners announced plans to renovate the Paramount Theatre. On February 24, 2006, Emerson college announced plans to purchase the Colonial Building on 100 Boylston Street, and the purchase was completed in late summer 2006. Delleo Vice President for Finance: John Donohoe Vice President for Institutional Advancement: Sherri Mylott Vice President and General Counsel: Christine Hughes Vice President for Public Affairs: David Rosen Associate Vice President of Student Financial Services and Acting Dean of Enrollment: Daniel Pinch Associate Vice President for Government and Community Relations: Margaret Ann Ings School of the Arts, Dean: Grafton Nunes School of Communication, Interim Dean: Janis Andersen Dean of Students: Ronald Ludman Interim Graduate Dean: Donna Schroth Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplianary Studies, Director: David Bogen Continuing Education and Advance Studies, Executive Director: Hank W. Zappala College Library, Executive Director: Mickey Zemon Emerson College offers a large number of organizations, most of which are highly active and diverse ranging from curriculum based activities to social action organizations. Emeron College’s Greek organizations include: Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Epsilon Phi is a national sorority founded in 1909 to promote esteem and sorority fidelity. Alpha Pi Theta Alpha Pi Theta is the oldest and only local fraternity existing only here at Emerson College. Kappa Gamma Chi Kappa Gamma Chi is Emerson College’s oldest and only professional sorority, dedicated to the promotion of women’s advancement in society, as well as community service. Established in 1902 by a group of students dedicated to serving the community, fostering brotherhood, furthering the communicative arts, and promoting the aims and ideals of Emerson College, Phi Alpha Tau is compiled of some of the most active and unique gentlemen on campus. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the largest Fraternity in the country and the only National Fraternity at Emerson College. Zeta Phi Eta Zeta Phi Eta, established at Emerson College in 1908, is a National Professional Coed Fraternity in the Communication Arts and Sciences. The College is members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Division III), the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and Charter member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

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