Tuition & Fees

Full-Time Programs

2023 - 2024

Bachelor of Music, Undergraduate Diploma

Tuition
Room & Boardǂ
Comprehensive Fee
Health Center
Health Insurance*
Total Billed Costs

$56,780
$19,287
$1,050
$720
$2,567
$80,221                                             

 

Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, Graduate Diploma, Artist Diploma

Tuition
Comprehensive Fee
Health Center
Health Insurance*
Total Billed Costs

Housing & Food (estimated)§

$56,780
$1,050
$720
$3,097
$58,550

$18,520                                                                                 

 

1-Year Graduate Certificate

Tuition
Comprehensive Fee
Health Center
Health Insurance*
Total Billed Costs

Housing & Food (estimated)§

$45,420
$1,050
$720
$3,097
$47,190

$18,520                 

 

3-Year Undergraduate Diploma

Tuition
Comprehensive Fee
Health Center
Health Insurance*
Total Billed Costs

Housing & Food (estimated)§

TBD
$1,050
$720
$2,567
TBD

$18,520                 


* View more information about NEC's health insurance

ǂ Standard double room on-campus housing rate. Please see additional On-Campus Housing information below.

§ Graduate students living off-campus should budget for this estimated amount for housing, utilities, and food.

Other Tuition & Fees

2023 - 2024

Dual-Degree Programs

Portion of full-time tuition billed by NEC:

Harvard/NEC

$11,090

Tufts/NEC NEC does not bill Tufts/NEC students directly; all payments and financial aid flow through Tufts
 

Part-Time Tuition

All students are expected to be full-time. Part-time status is only granted after students have met their full-time residency requirement and only with permission from the Dean of Students.

Part-time studio (per semester) $13,820
Undergraduate class credit/semester credit hour $1,820
Graduate class credit/semester credit hour $3,645

On-Campus Housing

All Bachelor of Music and Undergraduate Diploma students are required to live in the campus Residence Hall for their first four semesters of enrollment at NEC. Limited residence hall spaces are usually available for 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduates and graduate students. 

On-campus housing rates

2023-2024 academic year room and board rates per student

Room

Double Occupancy

 

$12,850                        

Single Occupancy $17,890
Suite Occupancy $14,560

Board

Standard meal plan

 

$6,437     

Please view the sample room layouts and floor plans to learn more.