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%
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI 02903City: MidsizeUNITID 217493
Private nonprofit 4-yearMaster's Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 63%Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 13%
Undergraduates
2,084
Graduate students
433
Admit rate
19%
Average net price
$50.5k
Graduation rate
89%
Retention rate
95%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$68.1k
Median debt
$27k
Student : faculty
8:1
Value score*
15th pct.
Programs offered
25
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · New England
- Setting
- City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
- Carnegie
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger 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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- Undergrads
- 468
- Admit rate
- 9%
- Net price
- $43.6k
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- 93%
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Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 539
- Admit rate
- 41%
- Net price
- $51.8k
- Grad rate
- 78%
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The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 393
- Admit rate
- 41%
- Net price
- $46.8k
- Grad rate
- 73%
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California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
- Undergrads
- 860
- Admit rate
- 32%
- Net price
- $46.1k
- Grad rate
- 67%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 73%
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Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 7,468
- Admit rate
- 44%
- Net price
- $49.5k
- Grad rate
- 67%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 57%
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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.