Enrollment Trends at Berklee College of Music

The student population at Berklee College of Music is 8,282 (7,499 undergraduate and 783 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,763 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Berklee College of Music is 90.55% which is increased by 3,097 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 666 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

1,854 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 632.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,470 where 8,282 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,097 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 666 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Berklee College of Music than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Berklee College of Music since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,519	4,402	3,036	1,366	117	85	32
2014-15	4,908 389	4,743 341	3,226 190	1,517 151	165 48	115 30	50 18
2015-16	5,289 381	5,112 369	3,438 212	1,674 157	177 12	117 2	60 10
2016-17	6,405 1,116	5,972 860	3,755 317	2,217 543	433 256	225 108	208 148
2017-18	6,762 357	6,282 310	3,908 153	2,374 157	480 47	227 2	253 45
2018-19	6,963 201	6,400 118	3,867 -41	2,533 159	563 83	291 64	272 19
2019-20	6,999 36	6,439 39	3,770 -97	2,669 136	560 -3	287 -4	273 1
2020-21	6,631 -368	6,004 -435	3,432 -338	2,572 -97	627 67	349 62	278 5
2021-22	7,943 1,312	7,177 1,173	4,172 740	3,005 433	766 139	412 63	354 76
2022-23	8,282 339	7,499 322	4,275 103	3,224 219	783 17	418 6	365 11
Average	6,470	6,003	3,688	2,315	467	253	215

Berklee College of Music Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,003 where 7,499 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Berklee College of Music since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,402	3,950	2,725	1,225	452	311	141
2014-15	4,743	4,187	2,848	1,339	556	378	178
2015-16	5,112	4,285	2,885	1,400	827	553	274
2016-17	5,972	4,875	3,013	1,862	1,097	742	355
2017-18	6,282	4,881	2,978	1,903	1,401	930	471
2018-19	6,400	4,962	2,909	2,053	1,438	958	480
2019-20	6,439	5,041	2,856	2,185	1,398	914	484
2020-21	6,004	4,224	2,269	1,955	1,780	1,163	617
2021-22	7,177	5,494	3,074	2,420	1,683	1,098	585
2022-23	7,499	5,939	3,250	2,689	1,560	1,025	535
Average	6,003	6,003	2,881	1,903	6,003	807	412

Berklee College of Music Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 467 where 783 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Berklee College of Music since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	117	115	85	30	2	0	2
2014-15	165	146	103	43	19	12	7
2015-16	177	147	100	47	30	17	13
2016-17	433	392	211	181	41	14	27
2017-18	480	433	217	216	47	10	37
2018-19	563	497	256	241	66	35	31
2019-20	560	476	235	241	84	52	32
2020-21	627	571	309	262	56	40	16
2021-22	766	639	329	310	127	83	44
2022-23	783	582	294	288	201	124	77
Average	467	467	214	186	467	39	29

Berklee College of Music Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.03% and the percentage of black students is 5.93% at Berklee College of Music. 5.48% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Berklee College of Music over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	5	156	244	402	8	1,727	180
2014-15	9	176	266	407	8	1,802	217
2015-16	8	201	267	436	8	1,866	200
2016-17	9	238	343	546	5	2,353	217
2017-18	15	285	450	630	11	2,887	258
2018-19	12	316	470	688	11	2,988	278
2019-20	13	337	453	691	9	2,937	321
2020-21	9	332	485	804	8	2,838	338
2021-22	12	424	535	949	14	3,421	400
2022-23	13	454	491	969	13	3,315	395
Average	11	292	400	652	10	2,613	280

Berklee College of Music Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,854 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 632.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Berklee College of Music from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,908	253	0	4,655
2015-16	5,289	619	164	4,506
2016-17	6,405	943	249	5,213
2017-18	6,762	1,168	203	5,391
2018-19	6,963	1,297	285	5,381
2019-20	6,999	1,335	368	5,296
2020-21	6,631	6,516	115	0
2021-22	7,943	1,993	1,875	4,075
2022-23	8,282	1,854	1,273	5,155
Average	6,687	1,775	504	4,408

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