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Manhattan School of Music

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New York, NYSee your chances →private nonprofitSpecial Focus Four-Year

Acceptance Rate

40.8%

Total Profiles

0

SAT Range

N/A

User Accept Rate

N/A

Tuition

$54,600

Undergrad Enrollment

535

Applicants

1,432

Yield Rate

24.8%

Student:Faculty

6:1

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What you pay

$51,754/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $207,016 over four years.

What grads earn

$27,952/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion$25,900 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 8% above average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 7.4 years of pay.

58% of students out-earn a typical high-school graduate (about $28,500) within 10 years.

Field of study

Earnings & debt by major

Opportunity Insights

Economic mobility

Access

22.5%

from the bottom income fifth

Success

10%

of them reach the top fifth

Mobility rate

2.2%

move bottom → top

The mobility rate is how many of Manhattan School of Music’s students both start in the bottom income fifth and reach the top — a measure of who the school lifts, not just who it admits.

IPEDS

Net price by family income

Under $30k$31,392
$30–48k$38,143
$48–75k$46,638
$75–110k$48,042
Over $110k$56,540

Average net price paid by federally-aided students, by family income bracket.

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

73%

Completion · all

71%

Completion · Pell

50%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

66%

Median debt

$26,994

Classification

Four-year, very small, highly residential

Application Funnel

Applied
1,432
Admitted
57239.9%
Enrolled
14225% yield
Clery Act

Campus Safety

Reported 2024
CategoryOn-CampusResidence HallNon-CampusPublic Property
Motor Vehicle Theft1

Source: DOE Campus Safety and Security data, reported under the Clery Act.

EADA

Athletics

No athletics data available.

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Musical Theatre23 grads
Voice and Opera23 grads
Stringed Instruments22 grads
Keyboard Instruments16 grads
Jazz/Jazz Studies13 grads
Brass Instruments5 grads
Woodwind Instruments3 grads
Music Theory and Composition2 grads
Percussion Instruments1 grads

4yr Grad Rate

64%

6yr Grad Rate

72%

Retention Rate

93%

Median Earnings

$26,878