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New England Conservatory

Boston, MA, US 🇺🇸

New England Conservatory grants undergraduate and graduate music degrees and offers professional programs including an artist diploma.

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Acceptance

27%

Enrollment

750

Student/faculty

5:1

School type

Standalone Conservatory

Degree paths

5

Official application

Available

Degrees and programs

BMMMDMAADGPD

Tuition and aid

Undergraduate: $54,000Graduate: $54,000Room & board: $21,00090% receive aid
Merit scholarshipsNeed-based aid

Campus life and programs

600 performances/year
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRACHAMBER ORCHESTRACHAMBER MUSICOPERAJAZZ ENSEMBLEWIND ENSEMBLECHORUSBAROQUE ENSEMBLENEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Study abroadDual-degree optionsPreparatory divisionSummer programs

Facilities

65 practice rooms1,013-seat main hall
Recording studioElectronic music labMusic library

Outcomes and alumni

NEC faculty and alumni comprise nearly 50% of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The community includes 51 Guggenheim Fellows, 11 MacArthur Fellows, and 14 Rome Prize recipients. NEC established the first accredited jazz degree program in the US.

Florence Price

First African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra

Coretta Scott King

Civil rights leader, trained in voice and violin

Cecil Taylor

Avant-garde jazz pianist

Denyce Graves

Mezzo-soprano, international opera star

Herbert Blomstedt

Conductor, laureate conductor of the San Francisco Symphony

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