Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music admitted 41% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $55,613 a year. Within six years, 77% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 41%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $80,515 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $55,613 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $44,966 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $59,500 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 77%
- Students who return for a second year
- 93%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $50,584 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,999
Students
- Undergraduates
- 539
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 10%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 100%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Hampden-Sydney College VA · 41% admitted
- SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary CA · 41% admitted
- Brandeis University MA · 41% admitted
- Wilberforce University OH · 41% admitted
- The New England Conservatory of Music MA · 41% admitted
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff AR · 41% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.