Enrollment Trends at Berklee College of Music

The student population at Berklee College of Music is 8,369 (7,549 undergraduate and 820 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,080 (58.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Berklee College of Music is 90.20% which is increased by 2,437 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 643 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 122 male students for every 100 female students, down from 205 in 2015.
1,790 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 189.18% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,209 where 8,369 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 8,448 students in 2024 and was lowest at 5,289 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,289 to 8,369 students, a net gain of 3,080 (58.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Berklee College of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,289	5,112	3,438	1,674	177	117	60
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
2023-24	8,448 166	7,608 109	4,252 -23	3,356 132	840 57	448 30	392 27
2024-25	8,369 -79	7,549 -59	4,137 -115	3,412 56	820 -20	455 7	365 -27
Average	7,209	6,604	3,901	2,704	605	323	282

Berklee College of Music Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,604 where 7,549 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Berklee College of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,608	6,035	3,261	2,774	1,573	991	582
2024-25	7,549	5,998	3,194	2,804	1,551	943	608
Average	6,604	6,604	2,969	2,205	6,604	932	499

Berklee College of Music Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 605 where 820 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Berklee College of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	840	645	324	321	195	124	71
2024-25	820	613	320	293	207	135	72
Average	605	605	260	240	605	63	42

Berklee College of Music Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.78% and the percentage of black students is 6.27% at Berklee College of Music. 5.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 35.28% to 36.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.80% to 5.70%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.05% to 6.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.24% to 12.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8402 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.8633 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Berklee College of Music over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	13	485	516	1,041	7	3,255	380
2024-25	13	477	525	1,040	7	3,078	364
Average	12	355	454	779	9	2,894	315

Berklee College of Music Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,790 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 189.18% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Berklee College of Music from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	8,448	1,888	1,917	4,643
2024-25	8,369	1,790	1,622	4,957
Average	7,209	1,940	807	4,462

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Enrollment Trends at Berklee College of Music

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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