Which Berklee College of Music major has the lowest debt?

Rehabilitation and Therapy graduates leave with a median of $23,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Berklee College of Music bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Berklee College of Music cost?

Tuition and fees are $52,040 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $49,465 a year.

How many Berklee College of Music programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Berklee College of Music report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Berklee College of Music Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Boston, MA
7,468 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Berklee College of Music bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Arts Management pays the most in the first year ($40,324), and Other Visual and Performing Arts the least ($13,771). The median program pays $22,993.

Tuition and fees$52,040Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$49,465Per year

Graduation rate67%Within 6 years

Admission rate44%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Arts ManagementAbout 154 graduates a year	$40,324	$54,487	$26,375	1st of 2
2	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 46 graduates a year	$36,349	Not reported	$23,750	3rd of 5
3	Other Engineering TechnologyAbout 215 graduates a year	$26,827	Not reported	$26,000	1st of 1
4	DanceAbout 36 graduates a year	$22,993	$19,056	$27,000	2nd of 2
5	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 440 graduates a year	$19,370	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
6	MusicAbout 625 graduates a year	$18,177	$33,368	$24,979	4th of 4
7	Other Visual and Performing ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$13,771	$26,158	$27,000	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Arts Management$40,324
Rehabilitation and Therapy$36,349
Other Engineering Technology$26,827
Dance$22,993
Software and Media Applications$19,370

Lowest median debt

Rehabilitation and Therapy$23,750
Music$24,979
Other Engineering Technology$26,000
Arts Management$26,375
Dance$27,000

Largest programs

MusicAbout 625 graduates a year
Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 440 graduates a year
Other Engineering TechnologyAbout 215 graduates a year
Arts ManagementAbout 154 graduates a year
Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Arts Management graduates earn a median of $40,324 in their first year, the most of 7 Berklee College of Music bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels