- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, ILCity: largeZIP 60616Founded 1909
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1909
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1970
- Website
- www.vandercook.edu
IllinoisPrivate nonprofit
VanderCook College of Music
VanderCook College of Music is a private nonprofit college in Chicago, Illinois, with 76 undergraduates. It admits 90% of applicants, graduates 27% within six years and costs $21,556 a year after aid.
27%graduate
Admission rate90%
Retention88%
4-year graduation13%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans45%
$21,556net price / year
90%admission rate
—average SAT
27%graduate in 6 years
$54,590median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,041 of 1,704 for earnings#995 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,590 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,172 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
- $45,228tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $31,840
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $31,840
- Average net price
- $21,556national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,737
$30,001–48,000$21,366
$48,001–75,000$21,414
$75,001–110,000$20,209
$110,001+$27,348
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 90%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college90%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college27%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 27%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 13%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 58%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,070
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,590middle 50%: $27,810–$70,990
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$70,990
Median, VanderCook College of Music$54,590
Lower quarter$27,810
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
- 76
- Part-time
- 5.3%
- Women / men
- 46% / 54%
- Average age at entry
- 20.3
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 12%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,945 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,984
- Endowment, end of year
- $410,794
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White42%
Hispanic37%
Black7.9%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races6.6%
U.S. nonresident1.3%
Unknown2.6%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Education95%
Visual & performing arts5.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 149639. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7914412.