Mission This mission is informed by core liberal arts values that seek to promote civic engagement, encourage ethical practices, foster respect for human diversity, and inspire students to create and communicate with clarity, integrity, and conviction.
Description Emerson College specializes in teaching subjects in the fields of communication and the arts in a liberal arts context. Areas of study include journalism; marketing; organizational and political communication; performing arts; visual and media arts; and writing, literature, and publishing. Its also has an acclaimed communication sciences and disorders program. The college enrolls about 3,200 full-time undergraduates and 1,000 full and part-time graduate students on its Boston-based campus. Among its alumni are producer Norman Lear, talk show host Jay Leno, and journalist Morton Dean. The college has additional facilities in Los Angeles and in the Netherlands. Emerson was founded in 1880 as a school of oratory.
Emerson College has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 315 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Emerson College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 39% of employees would recommend working at Emerson College to a friend. This is based on 316 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
81% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Emerson College as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Emerson College.