Private nonprofit · College

Montserrat College of Art

Beverly, Massachusetts · Large suburb

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Admit rate: $33,216
Avg net price: 53%
Graduation rate: $33,022
Median earnings

Montserrat College of Art is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Beverly, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 226 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 226 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Beverly, Massachusetts

Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, and a suburb of Boston. At the time of European contact in the early 1600s, the area that would become Beverly was between an important Naumkeag settlement in present-day Salem and Agawam settlements on Cape Ann, with probable indigenous settlement sites at the mouth of the Bass River. The Beverly Cotton Manufactory site, the first cotton mill in America. The monument sits in North Beverly next to the Veterans Memorial and North Beverly fire station. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 16 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 15 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub

How Montserrat College of Art compares

Graduation rate53%

Higher than 47% · #53 of 66 in Massachusetts

First-year retention91%

Higher than 87%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,022

Higher than 5% · #67 of 67 in Massachusetts

Average net price$33,216

Cheaper than 10% · #50 cheapest of 65 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$27,000

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment226

Larger than 13%

Percentiles compare Montserrat College of Art with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women16473%
Men6227%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White69%
Black4.9%
Hispanic13%
Asian3.1%
Other or multiracial9.7%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 226
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 35%
First-generation students: 33%
Students over 25: 5%
Median family income: $52,409
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $58,959
Endowment: $3,114,724

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 56 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Massachusetts66%
Other U.S. states34%

A regional draw: about 66% of first-years come from Massachusetts, the rest from elsewhere.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $40,690
Room & board: $14,890
Books & supplies: $3,350
Total cost of attendance: $58,616
Average net price: $33,216

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 53%
Graduated on time (4 years): 46%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,780
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,022
Median debt at graduation: $27,000
Students with federal loans: 75%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 56%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

46%

Low-income (Pell)

55%

First-generation

62%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 243
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 100%+
Housing charge (year): $12,275
Application fee: $50

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$25,388

$30–48k

$29,977

$48–75k

$32,347

$75–110k

$37,366

$110k+

$39,001

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$136,584

$32,347/year × about 4.2 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

100%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$18,569

average award, among those who get one

Montserrat College of Art discounts heavily: 100% of freshmen are awarded a grant straight from the school, averaging $18,569. For many families the real price lands well below sticker.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 52 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $33,022
Typical debt at graduation: $27,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 82%
Out-earn a HS grad: 38%

Typical debt would take roughly 8.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 44.9″
Annual snow: 51.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Beverly Muni AP, MA US station (3.2 mi from campus).

What Montserrat College of Art graduates study — and earn

Design and Applied Arts

29 grads$20k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$27k debt

29$19,865$38,093$27,000 Fine and Studio Arts

15 grads$22k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$27k debt

15$21,543$33,327$27,000 Graphic Communications

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Film/Video and Photographic Arts

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.