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Emerson College acceptance rate

Emerson College · Boston, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · 3,870 undergraduates

51.3%
accepted, fall 2024
10,378
applications
5,325
offers of admission
828
enrolled (16% of those admitted)

Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,315 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. Women sent 71% of the applications. Berklee College of Music is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Emerson College in size and selectivity (44%); Pepperdine is the easiest (63%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 47%2002 52%2003 48%2004 48%2005 45%2006 47%2007 45%2008 37%2009 42%2010 47%2011 48%2012 48%2013 48%2014 49%2015 49%2016 48%2017 46%2018 36%2019 33%2020 41%2021 45%2022 43%2023 47%2024 51%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202410,3785,32551.3%828
202311,0925,26747.5%997
202212,1095,17642.7%1,002
202111,5685,23845.3%1,058
202013,3265,47041.0%939
201915,3535,12033.3%942
201812,9414,61235.6%923
201710,3604,77246.1%932
20169,1494,39748.1%881
20158,6184,22549.0%915
20148,7094,28349.2%857
20138,1983,93348.0%863
20127,4653,61548.4%868
20117,4333,60048.4%914
20106,8653,23947.2%825
20096,9432,92642.1%754
20086,8312,52336.9%776
20074,9402,22145.0%843
20064,8492,28947.2%727
20055,0082,27845.5%721
20044,5842,20748.1%704
20034,3212,09048.4%713
20023,8051,99352.4%651
20014,0711,91447.0%645

Applications and offers

05k10k15k20k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 4k Admitted: 2k2002 Applied: 4k Admitted: 2k2003 Applied: 4k Admitted: 2k2004 Applied: 5k Admitted: 2k2005 Applied: 5k Admitted: 2k2006 Applied: 5k Admitted: 2k2007 Applied: 5k Admitted: 2k2008 Applied: 7k Admitted: 3k2009 Applied: 7k Admitted: 3k2010 Applied: 7k Admitted: 3k2011 Applied: 7k Admitted: 4k2012 Applied: 7k Admitted: 4k2013 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2014 Applied: 9k Admitted: 4k2015 Applied: 9k Admitted: 4k2016 Applied: 9k Admitted: 4k2017 Applied: 10k Admitted: 5k2018 Applied: 13k Admitted: 5k2019 Applied: 15k Admitted: 5k2020 Applied: 13k Admitted: 5k2021 Applied: 12k Admitted: 5k2022 Applied: 12k Admitted: 5k2023 Applied: 11k Admitted: 5k2024 Applied: 10k Admitted: 5k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women7,3173,83352.4%
Men3,0401,48148.7%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
660 to 720 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
610 to 700
ACT composite
29 to 32

Colleges similar to Emerson College

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Emerson College in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Providence College
Providence, RI		51%4,229$49,594$90,260
Yeshiva University
New York, NY		56%2,852$49,210$77,098
Pepperdine
Malibu, CA		63%3,553$48,065$89,410
Bentley
Waltham, MA		45%4,474$38,969$126,427
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY		57%5,182$42,789$84,453
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA		44%7,468$47,587$43,451

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Emerson College to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Emerson College on College Scorecard