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%
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY 10027City: LargeUNITID 192712
Private nonprofit 4-yearSpecial Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecial focus: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Undergraduates
539
Graduate students
532
Admit rate
41%
Average net price
$51.8k
Graduation rate
78%
Retention rate
93%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$26.9k
Median debt
$27k
Student : faculty
6:1
Value score*
0th pct.
Programs offered
6
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · Middle Atlantic
- 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%
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- 427
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- Undergrads
- 860
- Admit rate
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- Admit rate
- 19%
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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.