- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PACity: largeZIP 19103Founded 1924
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1924
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1972
- Website
- www.curtis.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music is a private nonprofit institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 109 undergraduates. It admits 4.6% of applicants and graduates 100% within six years.
100%graduate
Admission rate4.6%
Retention100%
4-year graduation47%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans0%
—net price / year
4.6%admission rate
—average SAT
100%graduate in 6 years
$68,037median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#451 of 1,704 for earnings#5 of 1,738 for graduation rate#9 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $0
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $0
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 4.6%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college4.6%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college100%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 100%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 47%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 96%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $68,037
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Curtis Institute of Music$68,037
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 109
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 48% / 52%
- Average age at entry
- 20.3
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 2 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 29%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,958 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $92,076
- Endowment, end of year
- $229,481,718
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White27%
Hispanic2.8%
Black1.8%
Asian14%
Two or more races9.2%
U.S. nonresident46%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 211893. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q60450.