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Emerson College tuition and net price

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

$59,044
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$82,669
full cost of attendance a year
$49,215
average net price after aid

Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $59,044, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Families under $30,000 still paid $49,140 on average, 83% of what families above $110,000 paid ($59,402). Emerson College charges $21,694 more in tuition than it did in 2014-15 ($37,350 then, $59,044 now).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $49,140Income under $30,000$49,140Income $30,001 to $48,000: $43,321Income $30,001 to $48,000$43,321Income $48,001 to $75,000: $42,830Income $48,001 to $75,000$42,830Income $75,001 to $110,000: $47,619Income $75,001 to $110,000$47,619Income over $110,000: $59,402Income over $110,000$59,402
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Emerson College's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $37k2015-16 $40k2016-17 $42k2017-18 $44k2018-19 $45k2019-20 $49k2020-21 $50k2021-22 $51k2022-23 $52k2023-24 $55k2024-25 no data2025-26 $59k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$59,044
2023-24$54,816
2022-23$52,496
2021-22$51,286
2020-21$50,444
2019-20$49,152
2018-19$44,548
2017-18$43,728
2016-17$41,852
2015-16$40,044
2014-15$37,350

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$59,044
Room and board on campus
$21,652
Books and supplies
$1,250
Full cost of attendance
$82,669 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
20%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
36%
Median federal debt at graduation
$23,250

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

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Emerson College on College Scorecard