The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 393
- Admit rate
- 41%
- Net price
- $46.8k
- Grad rate
- 73%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA 91355Suburb: LargeUNITID 111081
Private nonprofit 4-yearMaster's Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 73%Specialty: Communications Tech 24%
Undergraduates
860
Graduate students
409
Admit rate
32%
Average net price
$46.1k
Graduation rate
67%
Retention rate
82%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$41.2k
Median debt
$25k
Student : faculty
7:1
Value score*
3th pct.
Programs offered
24
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year, small, highly residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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American Musical and Dramatic Academy
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 1,438
- Admit rate
- 24%
- Net price
- $41.4k
- Grad rate
- 72%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 539
- Admit rate
- 41%
- Net price
- $51.8k
- Grad rate
- 78%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA
- Undergrads
- 226
- Admit rate
- 55%
- Net price
- $42.6k
- Grad rate
- 74%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 78%
- Specialty: Physical Sciences 22%
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
- Undergrads
- 2,084
- Admit rate
- 19%
- Net price
- $50.5k
- Grad rate
- 89%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 63%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 13%
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 468
- Admit rate
- 9%
- Net price
- $43.6k
- Grad rate
- 93%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.