Emerson College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Emerson College located in Boston, Massachusetts, was established in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson. This private university was originally a school of oratory. Emerson College has other campuses located in Netherlands and Los Angeles. Emerson College students are offered more than 37 degree programs in Arts and Communication.

The students of Emerson College have access to various Greek organizations incluing Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Pi Theta, Phi Alpha Tau, Sigma Phi Theta and Zeta Phi Eta. The athletic department of the university hosts sports such as baseball, tennis and golf for its students. The students run and organize a magazine called em magazine, that reports campus news and also included fashion and entertainment features.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, drama and performing arts, and photography and commercial art.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 4,536 in 2009-2010 (4,145 full-time equivalent).

About 36% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 64% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students and graduate students are 20%.

Students under 25 years old represent 84% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Emerson provides on-campus housing for 1,824 of its 4,145 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Emerson offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (277 awarded)

• Business/Corporate Communications
• International Marketing
• Marketing/Marketing Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (102 awarded)

• Acting
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (48 awarded)

• Drama and Dance Teacher Education

LIBERAL ARTS (213 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDIA (444 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Broadcast Journalism
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Health Communication
• Journalism
• Organizational Communication
• Political Communication
• Publishing
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (43 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music Performance

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (160 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (12 awarded)

• Communication Disorders