Berklee College of Music vs Bentley University

Boston, MA · Waltham, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Bentley University: average net price rose +29.8% from $29,886 (2013) to $38,787 (2023), r² 0.84.
  • Berklee College of Music: net price ranged $43,018–$50,404 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.39).
  • Berklee College of Music: acceptance rate eased +38.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).
  • Bentley University: acceptance rate eased +10.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Berklee College of Music vs Bentley University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($120,959 vs $33,647 at Berklee College of Music)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($86,679 vs $26,462 at Berklee College of Music)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bentley University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (94.9% vs 69.6% at Berklee College of Music)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Berklee College of Music and Bentley University?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $120,959 versus $33,647 at Berklee College of Music. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Berklee College of Music and Bentley University?
Bentley University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $86,679 versus $26,462 at Berklee College of Music. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Berklee College of Music and Bentley University?
Bentley University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 94.9% versus 69.6% at Berklee College of Music. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025