Visible Music College
Memphis, Tennessee · Website
$35,933
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$35,933
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Visible Music College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Memphis, Tennessee with 79 undergraduates and 10 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $27,820 a year (tuition and fees $22,000). It admits 28% of applicants and 23% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $35,933 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $9,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$27,820
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$22,000
US median $11,837
Admission rate
28%
US median 78%
Completion rate
23%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$9,500
About $101 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$35,933
Rank 3,350 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $27,820
- Tuition and fees
- $22,000
- Cost of attendance
- $31,820
- Students with a need-based grant
- 49%
- Students with federal loans
- 58%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $27,744
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $26,450
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $27,873
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $30,820
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 $19,500 in 2015-16 to $22,000 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
- 28%
- Average SAT
- 1,050
- SAT reading, middle
- 493
- SAT math, middle
- 435
- ACT, middle
- 19
- Undergraduates
- 79
- Graduate students
- 10
- Part-time students
- 16%
- Women
- 44%
- Students per teacher
- 6
- Completion rate
- 23%
- Retention rate
- 67%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 19
- Endowment
- $11K
- Other
- Religious affiliation
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 3,350 of 5,094 US colleges and 79 of 120 in Tennessee (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | TN median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $27,820 | $15,261 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $22,000 | $15,120 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 28% | 70% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 23% | 60% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 67% | 74% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $9,500 | $15,784 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $32,345 | $34,684 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $35,933 | $38,610 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 57% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 58% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
19 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesCertificate | Certificate | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicCertificate | Certificate | 10 | $5,500 | $24,993 | Withheld | $33,318 |
| DanceCertificate | Certificate | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | $26,000 | $25,929 | $33,690 | $42,892 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate | Certificate | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $31,337 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious Music and WorshipMaster's | Master's | 3 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate | Certificate | 2 | $9,500 | $35,734 | Withheld | - |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementOnlineCertificate | Certificate | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,240 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $44,889 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,390 |
| Religious Music and WorshipBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,456 |
| MusicPost-bachelor certificate | Post-bachelor certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $45,232 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Visible Music College cost?
$27,820 a year is the average net price at Visible Music College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $22,000, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $31,820. Families earning under $30,000 pay $27,744 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Visible Music College?
28% of applicants are admitted to Visible Music College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,050 and the middle ACT score is 19. The median admission rate of colleges in Tennessee is 70%.
How much do Visible Music College graduates earn?
$35,933 a year is the median pay of former Visible Music College students who work, 10 years after they started ($32,345 after 6 years). That ranks 3,350 of 5,094 US colleges and 79 of 120 in Tennessee. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Computer Software and Media Applications (Certificate) at $35,734.
How much student debt do Visible Music College graduates have?
$9,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Visible Music College graduates, about $101 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 58% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Visible Music College?
23% of first-time, full-time students at Visible Music College finish within 6 years. 67% 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 Visible Music College?
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (10 certificate graduates), Music (10 certificate graduates), Dance (8 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 19 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.