How to Submit Your Transcripts for Admission to Berklee NYC

While the portfolio provides us with a wealth of information to assess each applicant's ability to succeed at Berklee NYC, we also require transcripts from your college or university before an admissions decision can be made. Applicants need to successfully complete their bachelor’s degree in order to start the master's degree program. Do not submit transcripts for additional degrees or for high school. If you are in the final year of your bachelor's degree program, you must submit your official transcripts for initial review. After graduation, you will be required to submit your official, final transcripts or proof of graduation in order to matriculate.

International Students: Transcripts from institutions outside the US or Canada must be evaluated by an approved third-party credential evaluation service. Read more.

Digital Submission (Preferred Method)

Many schools use digital transcript delivery services to send official transcripts to our office. Examples of common services include but are not limited to:

When using a digital transcript delivery service, you will be prompted to select a recipient institution to receive your transcripts. Look for us listed as “Berklee,” “Berklee College,” or “Berklee College of Music.”

National Student Clearinghouse (most commonly used by colleges and universities)
Parchment (most commonly used by high schools)
Naviance
Scoir
Scribd

Via Email (Preferred Method #2)

For documents that you are unable to submit via a digital transcript delivery service, your college or university should email documents to admissions@berklee.edu, but note that we only accept documents sent via email if provided directly by the issuing institution.

Via Mail (Discouraged)

For documents that you are unable to submit via digital delivery service or email, your college or university should mail documents to:

Berklee NYC
Office of Admissions
MS-921 ADM
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215

If you choose to mail your transcript and other supporting documents yourself, please do so by registered mail so your documents can be tracked.

Please make copies of all documents for your records and, whenever possible, mail all supporting documents together in one envelope.

All transcripts must be postmarked on or before the posted deadline date. Please anticipate a two- to three–week delay in processing any materials received via paper mail and plan accordingly for all deadlines.

International Applicants: Attended college/university outside the US or Canada

Transcripts from institutions outside the US or Canada must be evaluated by an approved third-party credential evaluation service. We recommend that students use the Evaluation Company (formally SpanTran) to complete the application for a credential evaluation.

Although we encourage students to use the Evaluation Company (formally SpanTran), we do accept credential evaluation reports from any of the following companies:

All reports must be course-by-course, and all must include a grade point average/grade equivalencies; please make sure this is included in your report.

If you have not yet finished your degree, you must submit a credential evaluation report of all your courses completed thus far. If admitted to Berklee NYC, you will be required to submit proof of graduation from your college or university before enrolling at Berklee.