American Musical and Dramatic Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for American Musical and Dramatic Academy

American Musical and Dramatic Academy operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,438 students of which 1,714 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. American Musical and Dramatic Academy 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 24.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $41,416, with published in-state tuition of $46,928 and a Pell grant recipient share of 32.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.3%. Graduates earn a median of $26,975 ten years after enrolling, compared with $21,168 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 106100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 40.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.