Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA · Private · Large city · CIM
Private institution in Philadelphia, PA · 106 undergraduates · 7% acceptance rate.
- Top 0%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 1%Acceptance rate
- Top 2%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 4%Out-of-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- —
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,000210th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $6,00080th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- —
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,2011,705th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 94.7%42nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 97.0%89th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 7.0%20th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1061,974th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 2.0:16th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 1.0%2,086th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 6 mi (PHL)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Curtis Institute of Music’s 106 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In PA
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA · 99 undergrads
- Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA · 120 undergrads
- Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA · 127 undergrads
- Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScranton, PA · 63 undergrads
- Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA · 158 undergrads
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA · 41 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Bacone CollegeMuskogee, OK · 106 undergrads
- Antioch UniversityYellow Springs, OH · 107 undergrads
- California Miramar UniversitySan Diego, CA · 105 undergrads
- Interior Designers InstituteNewport Beach, CA · 107 undergrads
- Webb InstituteGlen Cove, NY · 105 undergrads
- Yeshivas Sanz KlauzenburgBrooklyn, NY · 107 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecurtis.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 211893)
- Compare colleges in PARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in PennsylvaniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Curtis Institute of Music vs Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.