The New England Conservatory of Music

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Acceptance Rate

41.1%

Total Profiles

SAT Range

N/A

User Accept Rate

N/A

Tuition

$58,550

Undergrad Enrollment

371

Applicants

959

Yield Rate

25.6%

Student:Faculty

5:1

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What you pay

$46,754/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $187,016 over four years.

What grads earn

$26,985/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion — $25,516 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 6% above average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 6.9 years of pay.

57% 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 The New England Conservatory 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$47,882

$30–48k$44,882

$48–75k$45,625

$75–110k$45,608

Over $110k$47,387

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

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

81%

Completion · all

78%

Completion · Pell

73%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

79%

Median debt

$27,000

Classification

Four-year, very small, highly residential

Application Funnel

Applied

959

Admitted

41042.8%

Enrolled

10526% yield

4-year historical data from IPEDS & College Scorecard

Acceptance Rate

37.5%▼ +0.6pp

Application Volume

815 applicants▼ 28%

The New England Conservatory of Music has become less selective over the past 3 years.

Clery Act

Campus Safety

Reported 2024

Category	On-Campus	Residence Hall	Non-Campus	Public Property
Motor Vehicle Theft	—	—	—	1

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

EADA

Athletics

No athletics data available.

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Stringed Instruments29 grads

Woodwind Instruments12 grads

Brass Instruments10 grads

Jazz/Jazz Studies9 grads

Keyboard Instruments8 grads

Music Performance, General7 grads

Voice and Opera7 grads

Music Theory and Composition6 grads

Percussion Instruments3 grads

4yr Grad Rate

72%

6yr Grad Rate

81%

Retention Rate

88%

Median Earnings

$34,483