Curtis Institute of Music
About
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on a full scholarship. The Institute also offers needs based financial aid to help cover living expenses.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 5
- Jan 2023Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation
- Jan 2021Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- May 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation
- Nov 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2023–24, 1 students received $6K in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2023–24
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 58 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (3.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at Curtis Institute of Music
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Curtis Institute of Music vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Curtis Institute of Music selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCurtis Institute of Music | 96% | — | 161 | — | — |
American Film Institute Conservatory | — | — | 379 | — | — |
Art Academy of Cincinnati | 41% | 34.5% | 213 | $38,041 | — |
Boston Architectural College | 32% | — | 853 | $37,891 | — |
California College of ASU | 37% | 49.5% | 71 | $30,320 | — |
California College of the Arts | 61% | 91.1% | 1,308 | $42,168 | — |
California Jazz Conservatory | 100% | 66.7% | 6 | — | — |
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science | — | — | 107 | — | — |
Cleveland Institute of Art | 58% | 61.3% | 545 | $41,480 | — |
Cleveland Institute of Music | 72% | 47.3% | 293 | $32,623 | — |
College for Creative Studies | 71% | 91.9% | 1,433 | $33,342 | — |
Columbus College of Art & Design | 56% | 67.7% | 916 | $30,139 | — |
Cornish College of the Arts | 56% | 62.2% | 505 | $39,060 | — |
Cranbrook Academy of Art | — | — | 113 | — | — |
Kansas City Art Institute | 58% | 54.8% | 813 | $29,555 | — |
Laguna College of Art and Design | 52% | 94.3% | 775 | $42,354 | — |
Longy School of Music of Bard College | — | 84.4% | 317 | $43,291 | — |
Maine College of Art & Design | 52% | 76.1% | 475 | $36,443 | — |
Maine Media College | — | — | 42 | — | — |
Manhattan School of Music | 78% | 40.8% | 1,084 | $47,599 | — |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 72% | 76.8% | 1,687 | $38,429 | — |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 69% | 76.3% | 1,989 | $23,764 | — |
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 67% | 60.5% | 838 | $27,514 | — |
Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 51% | 48.5% | 831 | $25,935 | — |
Moore College of Art and Design | 57% | 56.5% | 549 | $43,369 | — |
New York Academy of Art | — | — | 106 | — | — |
New York School of Interior Design | 71% | 62.9% | 573 | $41,358 | — |
Otis College of Art and Design | 66% | 81.8% | 1,267 | $45,864 | — |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | 58% | — | 41 | $45,022 | — |
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 69% | 99.2% | 414 | $29,266 | — |
Pratt Institute-Main | 74% | 73.3% | 5,356 | $50,647 | — |
Ringling College of Art and Design | 72% | 69.7% | 1,666 | $55,390 | — |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 74% | 54.9% | 439 | $42,448 | — |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 67% | 77.5% | 3,394 | $49,822 | — |
The Juilliard School | 91% | 9.2% | 1,073 | $37,903 | — |
The New England Conservatory of Music | 73% | 41.1% | 853 | $42,556 | — |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 78% | 30.0% | 1,111 | $12,372 | — |
University of the Arts | 69% | 78.2% | — | $44,154 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 64.8% | 573 | $39,060 |
Curtis Institute of Music Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Shea ScruggsDirector of Institutional Research and Musician Experience / Chief of Enrollment Officer
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- GlossaryGlossaryThe Curtis Institute of Music webpage outlines various aspects of the institution, including their selective music conservatory, application and admission procedures, academic offerings, and performance opportunities. It highlights the school's commitment to training musicians of the highest caliber and engaging with local and global communities. Additionally, information on student life, financial aid, support avenues, and departmental specifics is provided.curtis.edu
Notable alumni of Curtis Institute of Music (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Samuel BarberMusic
- Leonard BernsteinMusic
- Hilary HahnMusic
- Lang LangMusic
- Jennifer HigdonMusic
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