Emerson College a Nonprofit Educational Institution Emerson College is a nonprofit educational institution in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to its primary site in Boston, the school has campuses in Los Angeles, California, and the Dutch municipality of Bergen in the Netherlands. The renowned College boasts a highly regarded roster of academic programs in communication and the arts in North America and Europe.
Bay State-based Emerson is an independent, nondenominational college. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies the College as a comprehensive educational institution. From L.A. to the Netherlands via Boston, it draws energized, engaged, and independent minds from diverse backgrounds to engage in daring, innovative, and rigorous academic programs.
The College is a founding member of the ProArts Consortium, a Boston association of institutions dedicated to collegiate-level arts education. It is also notable for its well-known namesake public opinion poll, Emerson Polling, and for its many successful alumni in the Communication and Entertainment industry.