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Montserrat College of Art

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 3,000,000
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Beverly, MA

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 229
Men / Women 28% / 72%

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Hispanic 14%
Mixed 6%
Black 5%
Asian 3%
Native American 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 27.9% 27.9% 2012 Men: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 Men: 21.6% 21.6% 2014 Men: 24.8% 24.8% 2015 Men: 28.4% 28.4% 2016 Men: 26.4% 26.4% 2017 Men: 24.2% 24.2% 2018 Men: 23.8% 23.8% 2019 Men: 21.2% 21.2% 2020 Men: 21.5% 21.5% 2021 Men: 22.4% 22.4% 2022 Men: 18.2% 18.2% 2023 Men: 20.8% 20.8% 2024 Men: 25.0% 25.0% 2025 Men: 30.6% 30.6%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Native: 3.1% 3.1% 2013 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Native: 3.9% 3.9% 2023 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2015 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2016 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2018 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2022 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 Asian: 6.1% 6.1% 2011 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2012 Black: 7.2% 7.2% 2013 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2014 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2017 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2019 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2023 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2025 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2011 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2012 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3% 2013 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2014 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2015 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2016 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2017 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2018 Hispanic: 8.9% 8.9% 2019 Hispanic: 8.7% 8.7% 2020 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2021 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0% 2022 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2023 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2024 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2025 Hispanic: 20.4% 20.4% 2011 White: 82.2% 82.2% 2012 White: 75.3% 75.3% 2013 White: 72.5% 72.5% 2014 White: 44.6% 44.6% 2015 White: 30.9% 30.9% 2016 White: 19.8% 19.8% 2017 White: 65.9% 65.9% 2018 White: 53.5% 53.5% 2019 White: 9.6% 9.6% 2020 White: 11.2% 11.2% 2021 White: 60.0% 60.0% 2022 White: 72.7% 72.7% 2023 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2024 White: 66.1% 66.1% 2025 White: 61.2% 61.2% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 125 250 375 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 389 389 2012 Total: 382 382 2013 Total: 373 373 2014 Total: 377 377 2015 Total: 350 350 2016 Total: 356 356 2017 Total: 350 350 2018 Total: 351 351 2019 Total: 361 361 2020 Total: 371 371 2021 Total: 346 346 2022 Total: 336 336 2023 Total: 284 284 2024 Total: 254 254 2025 Total: 229 229 2011 Men: 104 104 2012 Men: 101 101 2013 Men: 98 98 2014 Men: 103 103 2015 Men: 99 99 2016 Men: 92 92 2017 Men: 94 94 2018 Men: 100 100 2019 Men: 92 92 2020 Men: 97 97 2021 Men: 84 84 2022 Men: 77 77 2023 Men: 65 65 2024 Men: 63 63 2025 Men: 65 65 2011 Women: 285 285 2012 Women: 281 281 2013 Women: 275 275 2014 Women: 274 274 2015 Women: 251 251 2016 Women: 264 264 2017 Women: 256 256 2018 Women: 251 251 2019 Women: 269 269 2020 Women: 274 274 2021 Women: 262 262 2022 Women: 259 259 2023 Women: 219 219 2024 Women: 191 191 2025 Women: 164 164

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2013 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2017 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2018 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2019 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2025 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2011 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2012 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2013 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2014 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2015 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2016 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2018 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2019 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2025 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2011 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2012 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2013 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2014 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2015 Hispanic: 8.9% 8.9% 2016 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2017 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2018 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2019 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2020 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2021 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2022 Hispanic: 11.6% 11.6% 2023 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2024 Hispanic: 14.6% 14.6% 2025 Hispanic: 14.0% 14.0% 2011 White: 82.3% 82.3% 2012 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2013 White: 75.9% 75.9% 2014 White: 65.5% 65.5% 2015 White: 53.4% 53.4% 2016 White: 42.4% 42.4% 2017 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2018 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2019 White: 37.1% 37.1% 2020 White: 36.7% 36.7% 2021 White: 47.7% 47.7% 2022 White: 50.6% 50.6% 2023 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2024 White: 64.6% 64.6% 2025 White: 68.6% 68.6% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Montserrat College of Art 70 24% 76% 1% 1% 11% 1% $34,489 0 -1.56 3 98%
Interdisciplinary Studies 6 — 17% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,632 1 -1.69 5 — — — — —
Writing 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $36,527 1 -1.94 3 — — — — —
Animation 16 — 38% 69% 0% 0% 0% 0% $31,085 0 -1.66 2 100% — — — —
Art Education 4 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $41,309 26 -0.59 6 — — — — —
Craft Design 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $35,207 7 -1.24 3 — — — — —
Film Studies 3 — 33% 33% 0% 0% 67% 0% $35,394 4 -1.99 3 — — — — —
Game and Interactive Media Design 3 — 33% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $32,297 1 -1.58 2 98% — — — —
Graphic Design 8 — 25% 88% 0% 0% 0% 12% $32,297 0 -2.16 2 98% — — — —
Illustration 17 — 12% 53% 6% 0% 35% 0% $32,297 4 -1.56 2 98% — — — —
Painting 5 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,238 13 -0.81 5 95% — — — —
Photography — — — — — — — — $35,748 3 -1.35 3 — — — — —
Printmaking 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,238 2 -1.62 5 95% — — — —
Sculpture 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,238 13 -0.81 5 95% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $43,970
ROI Percentile 3th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 91%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 49.4% 49.4% 2012 Graduated: 53.8% 53.8% 2013 Graduated: 59.7% 59.7% 2014 Graduated: 52.5% 52.5% 2015 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2017 Graduated: 56.6% 56.6% 2018 Graduated: 54.6% 54.6% 2019 Graduated: 57.8% 57.8% 2020 Graduated: 64.4% 64.4% 2021 Graduated: 63.0% 63.0% 2022 Graduated: 61.5% 61.5% 2023 Graduated: 61.5% 61.5% 2024 Graduated: 53.5% 53.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 50.0% 2012 Men: 50.0% 2013 Men: 61.5% 2014 Men: 57.1% 2015 Men: 48.6% 2016 Men: 63.6% 2017 Men: 52.8% 2018 Men: 64.0% 2019 Men: 63.6% 2020 Men: 60.0% 2021 Men: 65.2% 2022 Men: 70.8% 2023 Men: 68.2% 2024 Men: 50.0% 2011 Women: 49.1% 2012 Women: 55.3% 2013 Women: 59.4% 2014 Women: 50.8% 2015 Women: 50.5% 2016 Women: 53.2% 2017 Women: 58.1% 2018 Women: 51.4% 2019 Women: 56.2% 2020 Women: 65.8% 2021 Women: 62.1% 2022 Women: 58.2% 2023 Women: 59.4% 2024 Women: 54.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 100.0% 2013 Black: 100.0% 2015 Black: 40.0% 2016 Black: 100.0% 2017 Black: 80.0% 2018 Black: 42.9% 2019 Black: 66.7% 2020 Black: 50.0% 2022 Black: 60.0% 2023 Black: 0.0% 2024 Black: 20.0% 2011 Hispanic: 50.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 66.7% 2014 Hispanic: 33.3% 2015 Hispanic: 60.0% 2016 Hispanic: 57.1% 2017 Hispanic: 57.1% 2018 Hispanic: 60.0% 2019 Hispanic: 44.4% 2020 Hispanic: 72.7% 2021 Hispanic: 50.0% 2022 Hispanic: 66.7% 2023 Hispanic: 66.7% 2024 Hispanic: 66.7% 2011 White: 49.2% 2012 White: 53.7% 2013 White: 59.7% 2014 White: 55.1% 2015 White: 50.5% 2016 White: 60.3% 2017 White: 56.2% 2018 White: 54.2% 2019 White: 60.8% 2020 White: 61.4% 2021 White: 76.0% 2022 White: 55.6% 2023 White: 65.0% 2024 White: 57.4%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 90.0% 63 25% 73% 2% 2% 13% 2% $33,967 2 -1.54 2 98% —
Humanities 10.0% 7 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,188 0 -1.73 5 — —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 90%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 90% 90% 90%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional