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The Juilliard School Data & Information Overview

87 awards Ranking Badges
7% Acceptance Rate
5% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is The Juilliard School Ranked?

Music Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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The Juilliard School was awarded 87 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is music.

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Overall Quality

Juilliard was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Juilliard?

7% Acceptance Rate
45% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Juilliard since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 7%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.

Learn more about The Juilliard School admissions.

The Juilliard School Faculty

4 to 1 Student to Faculty
39% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Juilliard it is much better at 4 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at The Juilliard School is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  39 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at The Juilliard School

96% Freshmen Retention
93% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 96% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The Juilliard School 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  96 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Juilliard the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 93%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  93 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at The Juilliard School.

The Juilliard School Undergraduate Student Diversity

492 Full-Time Undergraduates
35.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 589 undergraduates at Juilliard with 492 being full-time and 97 being part-time.

How Much Does The Juilliard School Cost?

$37,537 Net Price
33% Take Out Loans
$30,092 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Juilliard is $37,537. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Juilliard

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$24,474 $22,765 $34,277 $39,678 $49,356

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 Juilliard, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Juilliard, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $7,523 a year. That adds up to $30,092 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Juilliard 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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How Much Money Do Juilliard Graduates Make?

$37,960 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Juilliard make about $37,960 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of The Juilliard School

New York State
492 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
The Juilliard School is a private not-for-profit institution situated in New York, New York. The city atmosphere of New York makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for Juilliard are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-6588
Phone: 212-799-5000
Website: www.juilliard.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJuilliardSchool
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/juilliardschool

The Juilliard School Majors

3 Majors With Completions
114 Undergraduate Degrees
122 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 3 majors graduated from The Juilliard School. Of these students, 114 received undergraduate degrees and 122 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Music 85 NA
Dance 21 $27,194
Drama & Theater Arts 8 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at The Juilliard School along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Juilliard

7% Take At Least One Class Online
6% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 71 students took at least one online class at The Juilliard School. This is a decrease from the 961 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 71 61
2019-2020 961 272
2018-2019 0 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

Learn more about online learning at The Juilliard School.

Notes and References

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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