Mid AtlanticUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing

Manhattan School of Music

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

New York, NY270 students
Acceptance Rate
41%
moderate
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$51.9k
Sticker $58.0k
Graduation Rate
78%
6-year, full-time

Manhattan School of Music is a private institution in New York, NY with an acceptance rate of 41% and 270 students. The average net price after financial aid is $51,879 per year.

About Manhattan School of Music

A private 4-year urban university in New York, NY.

Manhattan School of Music campus
Campus · New York

Manhattan School of Music is a college in New York, NY. It enrolls roughly 270 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 41%.

Mid AtlanticUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing
Acceptance Rate
41%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
270
Small
Retention
93%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
78%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
41%
41 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.39
Average across admitted students

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 3.39 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Manhattan School of Music. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Application requirements

  • Test-optional

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Manhattan School of Music after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $58,000
Average net price after aid
$51,879
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$42,437
$30,001 – $48,000
$55,777
$48,001 – $75,000
$57,477
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$59,277

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
12%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
33%
Avg loan $25,125 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Manhattan School of Music concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
6:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Visual & Performing
100% of degrees awarded
Retention
93%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Manhattan School of Music. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White42%
  • Asian7%
  • Hispanic13%
  • Black5%
  • Two or more races6%
  • International26%

Gender

  • Female50%
  • Male50%
International
26%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
270

Outcomes after graduation

What Manhattan School of Music graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$26.9k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
78%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$26.9k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$25.1k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$51.9k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$27k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 78% graduation rate is above the national average.

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