Top ranked and internationally recognized for its specialty studies, Emerson College is the only higher learning institute in the United States that focuses exclusively on the study of communication and the arts. Emerson College is ranked #8 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Regional Universities in the North; #10 on the list of Best Film Schools in the country by The Hollywood Reporter; top journalism program in the country by College Factual; and in the top ten for Best College Radio Station, Best College Theater, and LBGTQ-Friendly lists for 2017 by the Princeton Review. Emerson also has positively impacted the Boston community with development of its “Campus on the Common,” reviving that area of the city and bringing to it a new vitality.

It is a new era of exciting, impactful fundraising at Emerson. Under the leadership of President Lee Pelton, and in collaboration with the Emerson Board, the Office of Institutional Advancement is about to embark on its first-ever campaign. With illustrious alumni that include talk show host Jay Leno ’73, actors Henry Winkler ’67 and Denis Leary ’79, television producers Norman Lear ’44 (All in the Family), Vin Di Bona ’66 (America’s Funniest Home Videos) and Kevin Bright ’76 (Friends), and entrepreneur and makeup artist Bobbi Brown ’79, among many others, this unprecedented campaign will tap into a vast and powerful donor base.