Tuition and Related Costs

Summer 2024

• Degree program: $22,070 
  • Diploma program: $18,630 
• Music and English Intensive Program (MEIP): $5,000
• Per-credit tuition fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: degree, 16 credits; diploma, 13 credits): $1,840
• Per-credit/extra private instruction (see registration guide for limits to private instruction): $1,840

Fall 2024

• Degree program: $25,270
• Diploma program: $21,770
• Music and English Intensive Program (MEIP): $21,770
• Per-credit tuition fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: degree, 16 credits; diploma, 13 credits): $1,840
• Per-credit/extra private instruction (see registration guide for limits to private instruction): $1,840

Spring 2025

• Degree program: $25,270
• Diploma program: $21,770
• Music and English Intensive Program (MEIP): $21,770
• Per-credit tuition fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: degree, 16 credits; diploma, 13 credits): $1,840
• Per-credit/extra private instruction (see registration guide for limits to private instruction): $1,840

Charged per semester of attendance to all students for cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

Summer 2024

• Full-time students: $750
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $375

Fall 2024

• Full-time students: $750
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $375

Spring 2025

• Full-time students: $750
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $375

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage

Summer 2024

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2023 or spring 2024: $693

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

Summer 2024

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $ 8,465

Fall 2024

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965

Spring 2025

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• Internship fees (learn more about course offerings.)
  • IN-299, IN-399 only: $100
  • GS-595: $250
  • XX-495 e.g., FS-495: $3,680
  • IN-425, IN-426: $250 per credit
• Facilities-only fee per semester (unenrolled: see the Policy Handbook for Students for eligibility guidelines): $355

• Application fee (nonrefundable): $150
• Tuition deposit (may be refundable if the Office of Admissions is notified of nonattendance plans for the summer by April 1, for the fall by May 1, or for the spring by October 15; the tuition deposit is credited toward tuition charges in the first semester of attendance.)*: $1,000
• Mandatory core software bundle (charged in first semester of attendance; a 6.25 percent Massachusetts sales tax is applied.): $236.94 (tax included)

Fall 2024

• Degree program: $25,270
• Diploma program: $21,770
• Per-credit tuition fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: degree, 16 credits; diploma, 13 credits): $1,840
• Per-credit/extra private instruction (see registration guide for limits to private instruction): $1,840

Spring 2025

• Degree program: $25,270
• Diploma program: $21,770
• Per-credit tuition fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: degree, 16 credits; diploma, 13 credits): $1,840
• Per-credit/extra private instruction (see registration guide for limits to private instruction): $1,840

Charged per semester of attendance to all students for the cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services

• Full-time students: $750
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $375

Charged once per academic year for First Year Abroad and Study Abroad students—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage. 

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

First Year Abroad (per semester)

• Single room: $6,190
• Double room: $4,150

Study Abroad (per semester)

• Single room: $6,190
• Double room: $4,150

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• Study Abroad program fee (continuing/returning students only): $635
• Study Abroad deposit* (continuing/returning students only): $500

• Application fee (nonrefundable): $150
• Tuition deposit (may be refundable if the Office of Admissions is notified of nonattendance plans for the summer by April 1, for the fall by May 1, or for the spring by October 15; the tuition deposit is credited toward tuition charges in the first semester of attendance.)*: $1,000
• Mandatory core software bundle (charged in first semester of attendance; a 6.25 percent Massachusetts sales tax is applied.): $236.94 (tax included)
• First Year Abroad program fee (only applicable to students attending First Year Abroad): $1,645

Summer 2024

• Degree program (B.M./B.F.A.): Charged per credit*
• Per-credit fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond 18 credits): $2,070
• Per-credit applied lesson/applied concentrates: $2,420

Fall 2024

• Degree program (B.M./B.F.A.): $25,790
• Per-credit fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond 18 credits): $2,070
• Per-credit applied lesson/applied concentrates: $2,420

Spring 2025

• Degree program (B.M./B.F.A.): $25,790
• Per-credit fee (charged for part-time study and for registered credits beyond 18 credits): $2,070
• Per-credit applied lesson/applied concentrates: $2,420

Charged per semester of attendance to all students for cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

Summer 2024

• Full-time students: $840
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $420

Fall 2024

• Full-time students: $1,170
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $585

Spring 2025

• Full-time students: $1,170
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $585

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage

Summer 2024

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2023 or spring 2024: $693

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

Fall 2024

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965

Spring 2025

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• Instrument breakage deposit: $210

• Application fee (nonrefundable): $150
• Tuition deposit (may be refundable if the Office of Admissions is notified of nonattendance plans for the summer by April 1, for the fall by May 1, or for the spring by October 15; the tuition deposit is credited toward tuition charges in the first semester of attendance.)*: $1,000

Fall 2024

• M.M. in global jazz: $19,265
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,660
• M.M. in music education: $2,070 (billed per credit)

Spring 2025

• M.M. in global jazz: $19,265
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,660
• M.M. in music education: $2,070 (billed per credit)

Summer 2025

• M.M. in global jazz: $19,265
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,660
• M.M. in music education: $2,070 (billed per credit)

Charged for the cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

Fall 2024

• M.M. in music education (three or more credits): $1,170
• M.M. in music education (less than three credits): $585
• M.M. in global jazz (fall only): $1,525

Spring 2025

• M.M. in music education (three or more credits): $1,170
• M.M. in music education (less than three credits): $585

Summer 2025

• M.M. in music education (three or more credits): $1,170
• M.M. in music education (less than three credits): $585

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage.

Summer 2024

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2023 or spring 2024: $693

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

Summer 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024 or spring 2025: TBD*

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• GS-585 Special Topics fee: $1,200

• Application fee (nonrefundable; waived for Berklee alumni): $150
• Tuition deposit (global jazz; nonrefundable; ): $2,500
• Tuition deposit (music education; nonrefundable;): $1,000

Fall 2024

• M.A. in creative media and technology: $19,265

Spring 2025

• M.A. in creative media and technology: $19,265

Summer 2025

• M.A. in creative media and technology: $19,265

Charged in entering fall semester to all students for the cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

• M.A. in creative media and technology: $1,525

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage.

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250

• Application fee (nonrefundable; waived for Berklee alumni): $150
• Tuition deposit (nonrefundable): $2,500

Fall 2024

• M.M. or M.A.: $15,730
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,515

Spring 2025

• M.M. or M.A.: $15,730
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,515

Summer 2025

• M.M. or M.A.: $15,730
  • Per-credit tuition fee: $1,515

Charged in entering the fall semester to all students for the cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

• M.M. or M.A.: $1,435

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage. 

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

• Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games: $850
• Music Production, Technology, and Innovation: $700
• Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration): $700
• Global Entertainment and Music Business: $150

• Professional recording services fee (Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games only): $1,912
• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• Extension student program fee fall 2023/spring 2024 per semester: $3,900
• Extension student program fee summer 2024: $1,900

• Application fee (nonrefundable; waived for Berklee alumni): $150
• Tuition deposit (nonrefundable)*: $2,500

Fall 2024

• M.M./M.F.A.: $25,790
• Graduate Performance Diploma (GSD): $15,620
• Professional Studies Certificate (PSC): $15,620
• Per-credit fee (excluding M.M. in music education, Graduate Certificate in music education and autism, and M.F.A. in musical theater summer term): $2,770 
• Per-credit overload fee (for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: M.M., 10 credits; GPD, 7 credits; PSC, 8 credits; M.F.A., 13 credits): $2,770
• Per-credit for M.M. in music education, Graduate Certificate in music education and autism, and M.F.A. in musical theater summer term: $2,070
• Per-credit applied lesson/applied concentrates: $2,420

Spring 2025

• M.M./M.F.A.: $25,790
• Graduate Performance Diploma (GSD): $15,620
• Professional Studies Certificate (PSC): $15,620
• Per-credit fee (excluding M.M. in music education, Graduate Certificate in music education and autism, and M.F.A. in musical theater summer term): $2,770 
• Per-credit overload fee (for registered credits beyond maximum limit of program: M.M., 10 credits; GPD, 7 credits; PSC, 8 credits; M.F.A., 13 credits): $2,770
• Per-credit for M.M. in music education, Graduate Certificate in music education and autism, and M.F.A. in musical theater summer term: $2,070
• Per-credit applied lesson/applied concentrates: $2,420

Charged per semester of attendance to all students for the cost of noncurricular facilities, programs, and services.

Summer 2024

• Full-time students (five credits or more): $840
• Part-time students (four credits or fewer): $420

Fall 2024

• Full-time students: $1,170
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $585

Spring 2025

• Full-time students: $1,170
• Part-time students (six credits or fewer): $585

Charged once per academic year—may be waived with proof of comparable insurance coverage.

Summer 2024

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2023 or spring 2024: $693

Fall 2024

• Covers students for the entire year: $2,552

Spring 2025

• Charged to students who did not attend fall 2024: $1,489.00

Fall 2024

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965 

Spring 2025

• Standard residence hall/full meal plan: $9,965

• Returned check fee: $50
• Late payment fee (per semester): $250
• Instrument breakage deposit: $210

• Application fee (nonrefundable): $150
• Tuition deposit (may be refundable if the Office of Admissions is notified of nonattendance plans for the summer by April 1, for the fall by May 1, or for the spring by October 15; the tuition deposit is credited toward tuition charges in the first semester of attendance.)*: $1,000