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%
The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA 02115City: LargeUNITID 167057
Private nonprofit 4-yearSpecial Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecial focus: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Undergraduates
393
Graduate students
432
Admit rate
41%
Average net price
$46.8k
Graduation rate
73%
Retention rate
88%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$34.5k
Median debt
$27k
Student : faculty
5:1
Value score*
1th pct.
Programs offered
6
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · New England
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Size & setting
- Four-year, very 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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- Admit rate
- 56%
- Net price
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- 860
- Admit rate
- 32%
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- 1,438
- Admit rate
- 24%
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- 226
- Admit rate
- 55%
- Net price
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- Grad rate
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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.