VanderCook College of Music
VanderCook College of Music admitted 90% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $21,556 a year. Within six years, 27% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 90%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,228 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $21,556 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $14,737 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $31,840 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 27%
- Students who return for a second year
- 88%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $54,590 a year
Students
- Undergraduates
- 76
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 38%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Education
- 95%
- Visual and performing arts
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Columbia College Chicago IL · 90% admitted
- Radford University VA · 90% admitted
- Tarleton State University TX · 90% admitted
- University of Central Arkansas AR · 90% admitted
- University of Nebraska at Kearney NE · 90% admitted
- Gwynedd Mercy University PA · 90% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% 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.