College · Private nonprofit · Beverly, MA · Suburb
Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$25k
Net price / yr$33k
Undergrad size226
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $33k/yr for a shot at a $25k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
226 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $59k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $33k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$234k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$133k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$102k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback5.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $40.7k
- Room & board
- $14.9k
- Books & supplies
- $3,350
How students pay for it.
Pell grants35%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans75%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr53%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$25k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$33k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 226
- Location
- Beverly, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White69%
- Hispanic13%
- Two or more races6%
- Black5%
- Asian3%
- Unknown3%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$52k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 7
What you can study.