Curtis Institute of Music

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis Institute of Music operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 109 students of which 106 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Curtis Institute of Music is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 4.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. Net price data is not yet reported and a Pell grant recipient share of 0.9%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 95.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 100.0%. Ten-year median earnings data is not yet published, compared with $31,201 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 2700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.