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Manhattan School of Music

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 14,000,000
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New York, NY

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 243 (42%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 543
Men / Women 50% / 50%
From State 13%
From Region 12%

Racial/Ethnic

White 37%
International 34%
Hispanic 11%
Asian 8%
Mixed 5%
Black 4%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2012 Men: 46.5% 46.5% 2013 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2014 Men: 46.0% 46.0% 2015 Men: 51.8% 51.8% 2016 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2017 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2018 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2019 Men: 52.2% 52.2% 2020 Men: 52.5% 52.5% 2021 Men: 43.0% 43.0% 2022 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2023 Men: 48.4% 48.4% 2024 Men: 55.6% 55.6% 2025 Men: 48.6% 48.6%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2012 Asian: 8.1% 8.1% 2013 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2014 Asian: 6.2% 6.2% 2015 Asian: 10.7% 10.7% 2016 Asian: 30.5% 30.5% 2017 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2019 Asian: 6.1% 6.1% 2020 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2021 Asian: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Asian: 9.9% 9.9% 2023 Asian: 7.7% 7.7% 2024 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2025 Asian: 6.9% 6.9% 2011 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2012 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2014 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2017 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Black: 7.6% 7.6% 2019 Black: 8.7% 8.7% 2020 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2021 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2022 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Black: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2025 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2011 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Hispanic: 5.8% 5.8% 2013 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2014 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2021 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2023 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2024 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2025 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2011 White: 38.8% 38.8% 2012 White: 36.0% 36.0% 2013 White: 27.2% 27.2% 2014 White: 30.1% 30.1% 2015 White: 33.0% 33.0% 2016 White: 20.6% 20.6% 2017 White: 6.1% 6.1% 2018 White: 45.1% 45.1% 2019 White: 47.8% 47.8% 2020 White: 44.1% 44.1% 2021 White: 47.9% 47.9% 2022 White: 42.1% 42.1% 2023 White: 31.6% 31.6% 2024 White: 38.7% 38.7% 2025 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2011 International: 34.7% 34.7% 2012 International: 37.2% 37.2% 2013 International: 46.9% 46.9% 2014 International: 48.7% 48.7% 2015 International: 46.4% 46.4% 2016 International: 24.4% 24.4% 2017 International: 39.1% 39.1% 2018 International: 35.4% 35.4% 2019 International: 33.9% 33.9% 2020 International: 33.9% 33.9% 2021 International: 33.9% 33.9% 2022 International: 31.4% 31.4% 2023 International: 38.7% 38.7% 2024 International: 37.3% 37.3% 2025 International: 36.1% 36.1%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 405 405 2012 Total: 386 386 2013 Total: 376 376 2014 Total: 385 385 2015 Total: 409 409 2016 Total: 456 456 2017 Total: 484 484 2018 Total: 507 507 2019 Total: 517 517 2020 Total: 522 522 2021 Total: 497 497 2022 Total: 487 487 2023 Total: 504 504 2024 Total: 536 536 2025 Total: 543 543 2011 Men: 186 186 2012 Men: 177 177 2013 Men: 157 157 2014 Men: 175 175 2015 Men: 195 195 2016 Men: 216 216 2017 Men: 230 230 2018 Men: 253 253 2019 Men: 261 261 2020 Men: 257 257 2021 Men: 244 244 2022 Men: 253 253 2023 Men: 253 253 2024 Men: 272 272 2025 Men: 271 271 2011 Women: 219 219 2012 Women: 209 209 2013 Women: 219 219 2014 Women: 210 210 2015 Women: 214 214 2016 Women: 240 240 2017 Women: 254 254 2018 Women: 254 254 2019 Women: 256 256 2020 Women: 265 265 2021 Women: 253 253 2022 Women: 234 234 2023 Women: 251 251 2024 Women: 264 264 2025 Women: 272 272

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 9.6% 9.6% 2012 Asian: 9.6% 9.6% 2013 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2014 Asian: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 Asian: 7.8% 7.8% 2016 Asian: 29.4% 29.4% 2017 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2018 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2020 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2021 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2022 Asian: 5.5% 5.5% 2023 Asian: 7.7% 7.7% 2024 Asian: 7.1% 7.1% 2025 Asian: 8.1% 8.1% 2011 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2012 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2013 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2015 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2016 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2017 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2018 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2019 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2020 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2022 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2023 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2024 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2025 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2011 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2012 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2013 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2014 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2016 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2017 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2019 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2021 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3% 2023 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2024 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2025 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2011 White: 39.0% 39.0% 2012 White: 38.9% 38.9% 2013 White: 32.2% 32.2% 2014 White: 32.5% 32.5% 2015 White: 30.6% 30.6% 2016 White: 24.3% 24.3% 2017 White: 26.9% 26.9% 2018 White: 32.5% 32.5% 2019 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2020 White: 41.8% 41.8% 2021 White: 42.9% 42.9% 2022 White: 39.4% 39.4% 2023 White: 35.3% 35.3% 2024 White: 37.5% 37.5% 2025 White: 36.8% 36.8% 2011 International: 32.1% 32.1% 2012 International: 32.6% 32.6% 2013 International: 38.0% 38.0% 2014 International: 43.1% 43.1% 2015 International: 46.2% 46.2% 2016 International: 27.4% 27.4% 2017 International: 39.9% 39.9% 2018 International: 38.7% 38.7% 2019 International: 31.7% 31.7% 2020 International: 31.8% 31.8% 2021 International: 36.2% 36.2% 2022 International: 33.1% 33.1% 2023 International: 35.3% 35.3% 2024 International: 36.2% 36.2% 2025 International: 34.1% 34.1%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Manhattan School of Music 108 51% 42% 10% 6% 8% 30% $29,670 0 -1.84 1 82%
Brass Instruments 5 — 100% 60% 0% 40% 0% 0% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Jazz Studies 14 — 93% 36% 0% 14% 14% 29% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Keyboard Instruments 17 — 29% 0% 18% 0% 0% 82% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Music Theory and Composition 2 — 50% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Musical Theatre 23 — 39% 70% 0% 0% 17% 9% $39,280 13 -0.80 2 96% — — — —
Percussion Instruments 2 — 100% 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Stringed Instruments 20 — 45% 35% 15% 0% 5% 40% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Voice and Opera 19 — 32% 58% 11% 5% 11% 11% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —
Woodwind Instruments 6 — 83% 50% 0% 17% 0% 17% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $62,800
ROI Percentile 1th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%
4-Year Graduation Rate 67%
6-Year Graduation Rate 78%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 76.2% 76.2% 2012 Graduated: 79.0% 79.0% 2013 Graduated: 72.1% 72.1% 2014 Graduated: 71.8% 71.8% 2015 Graduated: 78.8% 78.8% 2016 Graduated: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Graduated: 69.4% 69.4% 2018 Graduated: 77.9% 77.9% 2019 Graduated: 87.7% 87.7% 2020 Graduated: 74.3% 74.3% 2021 Graduated: 72.3% 72.3% 2022 Graduated: 79.2% 79.2% 2023 Graduated: 78.3% 78.3% 2024 Graduated: 78.3% 78.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 75.6% 2012 Men: 75.6% 2013 Men: 70.8% 2014 Men: 68.5% 2015 Men: 75.6% 2016 Men: 100.0% 2017 Men: 63.6% 2018 Men: 72.5% 2019 Men: 81.2% 2020 Men: 69.2% 2021 Men: 71.9% 2022 Men: 78.5% 2023 Men: 73.1% 2024 Men: 77.6% 2011 Women: 76.8% 2012 Women: 82.5% 2013 Women: 73.7% 2014 Women: 75.5% 2015 Women: 82.9% 2016 Women: 100.0% 2017 Women: 74.1% 2018 Women: 82.6% 2019 Women: 91.8% 2020 Women: 78.7% 2021 Women: 72.7% 2022 Women: 79.8% 2023 Women: 82.5% 2024 Women: 79.1%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 100.0% 2012 Asian: 100.0% 2013 Asian: 80.0% 2014 Asian: 69.2% 2015 Asian: 83.3% 2016 Asian: 100.0% 2017 Asian: 60.0% 2018 Asian: 85.7% 2019 Asian: 100.0% 2020 Asian: 100.0% 2021 Asian: 58.3% 2022 Asian: 80.0% 2023 Asian: 83.3% 2024 Asian: 80.0% 2011 Black: 66.7% 2012 Black: 50.0% 2013 Black: 33.3% 2014 Black: 50.0% 2015 Black: 100.0% 2016 Black: 100.0% 2017 Black: 60.0% 2018 Black: 0.0% 2019 Black: 100.0% 2020 Black: 100.0% 2021 Black: 100.0% 2022 Black: 75.0% 2023 Black: 83.3% 2024 Black: 66.7% 2011 Hispanic: 75.0% 2012 Hispanic: 80.0% 2013 Hispanic: 75.0% 2014 Hispanic: 80.0% 2015 Hispanic: 66.7% 2016 Hispanic: 100.0% 2017 Hispanic: 85.7% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 60.0% 2020 Hispanic: 50.0% 2022 Hispanic: 100.0% 2023 Hispanic: 100.0% 2024 Hispanic: 100.0% 2011 White: 71.2% 2012 White: 80.0% 2013 White: 66.7% 2014 White: 63.6% 2015 White: 84.2% 2016 White: 100.0% 2017 White: 50.0% 2018 White: 71.0% 2019 White: 81.8% 2020 White: 67.6% 2021 White: 62.2% 2022 White: 87.0% 2023 White: 96.9% 2024 White: 81.5% 2011 International: 79.2% 2012 International: 84.2% 2013 International: 80.8% 2014 International: 85.7% 2015 International: 81.2% 2016 International: 100.0% 2017 International: 85.3% 2018 International: 87.5% 2019 International: 89.5% 2020 International: 82.0% 2021 International: 80.8% 2022 International: 87.8% 2023 International: 80.0% 2024 International: 77.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 100.0% 108 51% 42% 10% 6% 8% 30% $29,670 0 -1.84 1 82% —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 41%
Yield (non-ED) 25%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 41% 41% 41%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 40.5% 40.5% 2012 Acceptance: 37.0% 37.0% 2013 Acceptance: 34.3% 34.3% 2014 Acceptance: 44.8% 44.8% 2015 Acceptance: 46.1% 46.1% 2016 Acceptance: 46.3% 46.3% 2017 Acceptance: 42.9% 42.9% 2018 Acceptance: 37.8% 37.8% 2019 Acceptance: 35.5% 35.5% 2020 Acceptance: 41.6% 41.6% 2021 Acceptance: 49.0% 49.0% 2022 Acceptance: 55.0% 55.0% 2023 Acceptance: 39.9% 39.9% 2024 Acceptance: 40.8% 40.8% 2011 Yield: 28.5% 28.5% 2012 Yield: 26.1% 26.1% 2013 Yield: 24.8% 24.8% 2014 Yield: 28.1% 28.1% 2015 Yield: 27.7% 27.7% 2016 Yield: 34.3% 34.3% 2017 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2018 Yield: 28.3% 28.3% 2019 Yield: 24.6% 24.6% 2020 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2021 Yield: 23.9% 23.9% 2022 Yield: 27.3% 27.3% 2023 Yield: 24.8% 24.8% 2024 Yield: 25.3% 25.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 866 866 2012 Applicants: 893 893 2013 Applicants: 953 953 2014 Applicants: 897 897 2015 Applicants: 877 877 2016 Applicants: 2,721 2,721 2017 Applicants: 1,150 1,150 2018 Applicants: 1,308 1,308 2019 Applicants: 1,317 1,317 2020 Applicants: 1,268 1,268 2021 Applicants: 1,035 1,035 2022 Applicants: 1,027 1,027 2023 Applicants: 1,432 1,432 2024 Applicants: 1,405 1,405 2011 Admitted: 351 351 2012 Admitted: 330 330 2013 Admitted: 327 327 2014 Admitted: 402 402 2015 Admitted: 404 404 2016 Admitted: 1,259 1,259 2017 Admitted: 493 493 2018 Admitted: 495 495 2019 Admitted: 468 468 2020 Admitted: 527 527 2021 Admitted: 507 507 2022 Admitted: 565 565 2023 Admitted: 572 572 2024 Admitted: 573 573 2011 Enrolled: 100 100 2012 Enrolled: 86 86 2013 Enrolled: 81 81 2014 Enrolled: 113 113 2015 Enrolled: 112 112 2016 Enrolled: 432 432 2017 Enrolled: 115 115 2018 Enrolled: 140 140 2019 Enrolled: 115 115 2020 Enrolled: 123 123 2021 Enrolled: 121 121 2022 Enrolled: 154 154 2023 Enrolled: 142 142 2024 Enrolled: 145 145

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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