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The Juilliard School

The Juilliard School

New York, NY · City · 468 students
4
Year
Private Non-profit
City
Small (<3k)
Accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education
About

Located at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School is globally renowned as a premier performing arts conservatory, offering elite, highly selective training across its core divisions of Music, Dance, and Drama. The student experience is intensely focused, collaborative, and performance-driven, characterized by rigorous studio work, masterclasses, and hundreds of annual public recitals and productions. What uniquely sets Juilliard apart is its direct integration into New York City’s premier cultural hub, which provides aspiring artists with unparalleled professional exposure and mentorship from world-class organizations like the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera.


Wikipedia:The Juilliard School is a private conservatory for performing arts in New York City, United States. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. Juilliard.

Location
New York, NY, 10023-6588 · City campus
Nearest airport from college
LGA · New York LaGuardia
6 mi away
Cost
Cost of attendance
$83,892
Avg net price
$43,571
Room & board
$22,410
Tuition
$57,950
Books & supplies
$700/yr
Average net price by family income
$0–30k
$30,168
$30–48k
$31,507
$48–75k
$40,705
$75–110k
$35,563
$110k+
$51,160
Admissions
Admit rate
9%
Test policy
Not required

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Essay Requirements

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Outcomes
Graduation rate
91%
4-yr on-time completion
85%
1st-yr retention
98%
Transfer-out rate
3%
8-year outcomes
Graduated
88%
Transferred
3%
Still enrolled
0%
Dropped out / unknown
9%
Median earnings (6yr)
$22,129
Median earnings (10yr)
$37,827
Median debt
$25,500
Monthly loan payment
$270
Debt range (25th–75th)
$13,000$27,000
Debt (90th percentile)
$39,000
Student Body
Men 54%Women 46%
4
:
1
Student : Faculty ratio
Students   Faculty
Pell grant recipients
14%
Median family income
$62,436
Avg age at entry
19.0
Part-time students
0%
Race & ethnicity
White
29%
Hispanic
10%
Black
9%
Asian
14%
Two or more
5%
Non-resident
32%
Unknown
1%
Programs & Earnings
Bachelor's degrees by annual completions · 4yr national median earnings
Median earnings for graduates across all programs
6 years after entry
$22,129
10 years after entry
$37,827
Music79
Dance21
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft5
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Institutional
Endowment
$1.4B
Classification
Special Focus (Law)
Undergraduate profile
Four-year, more selective admissions
Full-time faculty
29%
Avg faculty salary
$15,261/mo
Instructional spend/student
$40,451
Federal loan rate
21%

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