Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Website
Curtis Institute of Music is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 109 undergraduates and 52 graduate students. It admits 4.6% of applicants and 96% of students finish within 6 years.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
$0
US median $11,837
Admission rate
4.6%
US median 78%
Completion rate
96%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
-
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Tuition and fees
- $0
- Students with a need-based grant
- 0.9%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $2,525 in 2015-16 to $0 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 4.6%
- Undergraduates
- 109
- Graduate students
- 52
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 48%
- Students per teacher
- 2
- Completion rate
- 96%
- Retention rate
- 100%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 4
- Endowment
- $229.5M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $19,970 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $0 | $19,182 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 4.6% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 96% | 66% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 100% | 78% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $17,500 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $31,201 | $42,275 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $49,700 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
4 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MusicBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicMaster's | Master's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Curtis Institute of Music?
4.6% of applicants are admitted to Curtis Institute of Music. The median admission rate of colleges in Pennsylvania is 81%.
What is the graduation rate at Curtis Institute of Music?
96% of first-time, full-time students at Curtis Institute of Music finish within 6 years. 100% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Curtis Institute of Music?
Music (27 bachelor's graduates), Music (18 graduate certificate graduates), Music (5 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 4 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.