Top Arts Music Design Schools Ranking

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Arts Music Design Schools Statistics

There are 146 Arts Music Design Schools - 2 public and 144 private schools. The 2023 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,551 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $37,952. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,164 and the average acceptance rate is 65% for Top Arts Music Design Schools Ranking.
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2021-2022 Arts Music Design Schools Statistics
Top 20 Arts Music Design SchoolsAll Arts Music Design Schools
Number of Schools20 schools
(1 public, 19 private)
146 schools
(2 public, 144 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees$9,388 (in-state)
$37,895 (out-of-state)
$11,979 (in-state)
$29,551 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees$12,087 (in-state)
$41,179 (out-of-state)
$18,404 (in-state)
$37,952 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid$15,955$11,862
Test Scores1,283 SAT, 27 ACT 1,164 SAT, 26 ACT
Acceptance Rate51.56% 64.51%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)42.96% 36.46%
Population33,881113,371
Undergraduate26,34299,046
Graduate7,53914,325
Graduation Rate76.44%63.98%
Transfer-out Rate10.11%14.76%
Students to Faculty Ratio7.00 to 110.90 to 1

Top Arts Music Design Schools Comparison

The next table lists the top 20 Arts Music Design Schools for academic year 2021-2022. The Colburn Conservatory of Music ranked top in the Top Arts Music Design Schools Ranking and Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $37,895 for undergraduate programs $41,179 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Arts Music Design Schools is 1,283 and the acceptance rate is 51.56%. The average students to faculty ratio is 7.00 to 1 for top Arts Music Design Schools. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2021-2022 Top Arts Music Design Schools Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
1 The Colburn Conservatory of Music
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Private, 4-yearsLos Angeles, CA
$50,741 - 120- - 5 to 1
2 Curtis Institute of Music
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Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
$5,930 $13,378 15110% - 2 to 1
3 The Juilliard School
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$52,250 $36,105 98611% - 4 to 1
4 Rhode Island School of Design
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Private, 4-yearsProvidence, RI
$57,505 $32,273 2,62017% 1,440 SAT
31 ACT
9 to 1
5 Harrington College of Design
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Private, 4-yearsChicago, IL
$16,874 - 9- - 1 to 1
6 University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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Public, 4-yearsWinston Salem, NC
$26,622
($9,388)
$10,106 1,10432% 1,225 SAT
27 ACT
6 to 1
7 San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Private, 4-yearsSan Francisco, CA
$52,800 $13,075 43742% - 3 to 1
8 Pratt Institute-Main
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Private, 4-yearsBrooklyn, NY
$57,599 $23,255 5,49450% 1,300 SAT
30 ACT
9 to 1
9 California Jazz Conservatory
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Private, 4-yearsBerkeley, CA
$22,800 $6,184 23100% - 4 to 1
10 College for Creative Studies
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Private, 4-yearsDetroit, MI
$49,435 $24,036 1,51749% - 10 to 1
11 Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc
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Private, 2-4 yearsPittsburgh, PA
$26,070 $4,012 372- - 13 to 1
12 Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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Private, 4-yearsMinneapolis, MN
$42,560 $23,496 82157% 1,280 SAT
25 ACT
9 to 1
13 Manhattan School of Music
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$52,550 $25,115 1,11555% - 6 to 1
14 Los Angeles College of Music
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Private, 4-yearsPasadena, CA
$25,650 $7,111 23983% - 5 to 1
15 The New England Conservatory of Music
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Private, 4-yearsBoston, MA
$55,910 $22,821 79638% - 5 to 1
16 Savannah College of Art and Design
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Private, 4-yearsSavannah, GA
$39,605 $11,202 16,41482% 1,170 SAT
24 ACT
20 to 1
17 California Institute of the Arts
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Private, 4-yearsValencia, CA
$55,056 $20,351 1,44025% - 7 to 1
18 Beverly Hills Design Institute
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Private, 4-yearsBeverly Hills, CA
$23,220 $3,736 2039% - 5 to 1
19 KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
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Private, 2-4 yearsDallas, TX
$16,850 $5,859 10286% - 10 to 1
20 Design Institute of San Diego
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Private, 4-yearsSan Diego, CA
$27,875 $5,066 101100% - 7 to 1
Average$37,895
($9,388)
$15,955 33,88151.56% 1,283 SAT 7.00 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2021-2022