Emerson College is a private, independent college in Boston's historic Theater District, where Boylston Street meets the Boston Common. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory and dramatic art, it has grown into one of the nation's most distinctive institutions for communication, the arts, and the liberal arts. Today Emerson enrolls roughly 5,200 students across undergraduate and graduate programs, drawing creatively driven students from across the United States and internationally. The college's academic identity is defined by hands-on, professionally oriented progra…
