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Emerson College

Emerson College
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-4624

Official telephone: (617) 824-8500
Fax number: (617) 824-8609
Website: https://emerson.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 87%
Student:Faculty ratio: 11:1
Total faculty: 288 men, 437 women
Full-time faculty: 107 men, 126 women
Part-time faculty: 181 men, 311 women
Graduation rate: 77% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Acting
  • Advertising
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Directing and Theatrical Production
  • Documentary Production
  • Drama and Dance Teacher Education
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Journalism
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Performance, General
  • Musical Theatre
  • Political Communication
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other
  • Radio and Television
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sports Communication
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Diplomas

  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
Master's Degrees

  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Business/Corporate Communications, General
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drama and Dance Teacher Education
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Health Communication
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • International Marketing
  • Journalism
  • Marketing, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Playwriting and Screenwriting
  • Political Communication
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
  • Publishing
  • Radio and Television
  • Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Sports Communication
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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