Berklee College of Music vs The New School

Boston, MA · New York, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × NY
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • The New School: average net price rose +54.5% from $35,831 (2013) to $55,359 (2023), r² 0.41.
  • 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).
  • The New School: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.08).

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 The New School

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 The New School leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($52,901 vs $33,647 at Berklee College of Music)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Berklee College of Music leads on acceptance rate (43.5% vs 63.5% at The New School)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 The New School leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($38,210 vs $26,462 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 The New School?
The New School leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $52,901 versus $33,647 at Berklee College of Music. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Berklee College of Music and The New School?
Berklee College of Music leads on acceptance rate at 43.5% versus 63.5% at The New School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Berklee College of Music and The New School?
The New School leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $38,210 versus $26,462 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