The Juilliard School
New York, NY · Private · Large city · Juilliard
Private institution in New York, NY · 460 undergraduates · 9% acceptance rate · $37,827 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Acceptance rate
- Top 2%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 4%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 5%Full-time retention
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
- $37,9031,872nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $56,5501,894th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $56,5501,892nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $81,0901,908th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,5001,396th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,8271,701st highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,1291,897th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 90.0%83rd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 97.2%83rd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 9.0%28th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4601,704th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 4.0:135th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 13.3%1,979th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 6 mi (LGA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| DanceVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $25,967 | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $15,552 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1905source
- School colors: Red and Bluesource
- Mascot: Penguinsource
- Formerly known as "{{Plainlist|"source
- Formerly known as "* Institute of Musical Art" (1905–1926)source
- Formerly known as "* Juilliard School of Music (1926–1968) }}"source
- Notable alum: Robin Williamssource
- Notable alum: Miles Davissource
- Notable alum: Kevin Spaceysource
- Notable alum: John de Lanciesource
- Notable alum: Val Kilmersource
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to The Juilliard School’s 460 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, NY · 461 undergrads
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei ZionBrooklyn, NY · 436 undergrads
- Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, NY · 430 undergrads
- New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY · 423 undergrads
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY · 509 undergrads
- Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY · 515 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Huertas CollegeCaguas, PR · 460 undergrads
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHouston, TX · 460 undergrads
- Voorhees UniversityDenmark, SC · 460 undergrads
- Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA · 462 undergrads
- Northland CollegeAshland, WI · 457 undergrads
- Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar, VA · 463 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitejuilliard.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 192110)
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