by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Manhattan School of Music was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is music.
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Manhattan School of Music was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The acceptance rate at Manhattan School of Music is a competitive 49%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio at Manhattan School of Music is an impressive 6 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Manhattan School of Music is 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 86% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Manhattan School of Music enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Manhattan School of Music for first-time, full-time students is 69%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Manhattan School of Music.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 497 undergraduates at Manhattan School of Music with 495 being full-time and 2 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,111 | $19,111 | $19,111 | $19,111 | $19,111 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Manhattan School of Music, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Manhattan School of Music, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $48,996 a year. That adds up to $195,984 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Manhattan School of Music is 4.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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See which majors at Manhattan School of Music make the most money.
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Contact details for Manhattan School of Music are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 130 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027 |
| Phone: | 212-749-2802 |
| Website: | www.msmnyc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/msmnyc |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/msmnyc |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Music | 86 | $20,620 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 20 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 383 students took at least one online class at Manhattan School of Music. This is a decrease from the 939 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 383 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 939 | 310 |
| 2018-2019 | 31 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 25 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 22 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Manhattan School of Music.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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