- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MACity: largeZIP 02115Founded 1867
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1867
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1968
- Website
- necmusic.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
The New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music is a private nonprofit college in Boston, Massachusetts, with 393 undergraduates. It admits 41% of applicants, graduates 74% within six years and costs $50,840 a year after aid.
74%graduate
Admission rate41%
Retention88%
4-year graduation56%
Pell Grant share11%
Federal loans25%
$50,840net price / year
41%admission rate
—average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
$40,481median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,750median debt
#1,573 of 1,704 for earnings#1,727 of 1,739 for lowest net price#267 of 1,738 for graduation rate#170 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
- $84,200tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $63,410
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $63,410
- Average net price
- $50,840national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$45,263
$30,001–48,000$56,911
$48,001–75,000$43,577
$75,001–110,000$51,447
$110,001+$52,556
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 41%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college41%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college11%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 78%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,129
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,481middle 50%: $19,654–$63,947
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,750
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$63,947
Median, The New England Conservatory of Music$40,481
Lower quarter$19,654
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
- 393
- Part-time
- 4.1%
- Women / men
- 45% / 55%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 11%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 30%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,937 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $46,533
- Endowment, end of year
- $164,487,681
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White33%
Hispanic6.1%
Black1.5%
Asian9.2%
Two or more races6.1%
U.S. nonresident43%
Unknown1.0%
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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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 167057. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1347162.