Music Merit Awards: Class of 2024

Here is one final update to the thread for this year. I wish everyone all the best, and look forward to seeing all the new Eastman parents in Rochester!

*Asterisk indicates new info. All are renewable for four years (two if MM) so the total amount is 4x (or 2x) what you see here. Rounded up to nearest thousand.

Arizona State
Tuition: $10,822 IS/$28,366 OOS
Cost of Attendance: $31,000/$49,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$10,000 OOS

Baldwin-Wallace
Tuition: $34,000
Total COA: $46,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$8,000

Bard College
Tuition: $56,000
Total COA: $74,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$74,000

MM Tuition $47,000
Class of 2022 awards (anecdotal):
$28,000

Belmont
Tuition: $37,000
COA: $49,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$9,000
$8,000

Berklee/BoCo at Berklee
Tuition: $46,000
with room, board and extras: $74,000
Approximately 40 percent of admitted students get merit awards. The average award is $23,000.
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$25,000 BoCo
$22,000 BoCo
$15,000 Berklee
$0 (x4) Berklee
$46,000 Berklee
$29,000 (bumped from $11k; check your portal!) Berklee
$11,000 Berklee
$46,000 Berklee

Boston University
Tuition: $54,000
Total COA: $70,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$64,950 (keeps pace with tuition for 4 years)

Brooklyn College Conservatory
Tuition: $6,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$2,000

Cal Arts
Tuition: $51,000
Total COA: $71,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$5,000

Carnegie Mellon
Tuition: $57,000
Total COA: $77,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$36,000

CCM (Cincinnati)
Tuition: $11,000 (IS)/$26,000 (OOS)
Total COA: $22,000/$38,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$20,000 (IS)

CIM
Tuition: $40,000
Total COA: $51,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$50,000 (presidential scholar)
$37,000
$20,000
Class of 2022 MM awards (anecdotal):
$26,000

DePauw
Tuition: $52,000
Total COA: $66,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$41,000
$31,000

Duquesne
Tuition: $48,000
Total COA: $65,000
Note: All music majors get 50% off tuition and a $4,000 housing credit, which are included below.
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$34,000 (corrected)
$30,000

Eastman
Tuition: $57,000
Total COA: $75,000
Nearly 100 percent of undergraduates get awards. There is a comprehensive chart outlining the type and level of award they offer. The average is $30,000 per year for all four years.
https://www.esm.rochester.edu/financialaid/cost-of-attendance-undergraduate/
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$37,000
$45,000
$42,000
$36,000
$30,000
$25,000

Florida State University
Tuition: $6,516 iIS/$21,683 OOS
COA: $21,155 in state/$36,322 OOS
Scholarships:
$500-$3,000 per academic year.
Additionally, all non-Florida resident, undergraduate, College of Music students receive at least a 50% waiver of the out-of-state portion of tuition, ranging to a 100% waiver of the out-of-state portion of tuition. The 50% waiver is valued at $7,222 and the 100% waiver is valued at $14,444.

Gettysburg/Sunderman Conservatory
Tuition: $56,000
Total COA: $69,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$27,000

IU/Jacobs
Tuition: $13,000 IS/$38,000 OOS
COA: $28,000 IS/$53,000 OOS
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$10,000 (music, plus the same academic)
$7,000 (music, plus $6,500 academic)
$13,000
$21,000
$18,000
$12,000 (MM)
$20,000 (MM)

Ithaca College
Tuition: $47,000
Total COA: $66,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$32,000
$0

Juilliard
MM Tuition: $49,000
Class of 2022 MM awards (anecdotal):
$30,000

Lawrence
Tuition: $48,000
Total COA: $60,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$30,000

Loyola New Orleans
Tuition: $42,028
COA: $60,384
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$23,500
*$24,000

Manhattan School of Music
Tuition: $50,000
Total COA: $70,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$25,000
$15,000
$0 (x3)
$12,000
*Class of 2022 MM awards (anecdotal):
$12,000

NEC
Tuition: $51,000
Total COA: $72,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$16,000 (x2)
$21,000
$18,000
Class of 2022 MM music awards (anecdotal):
$25,000

The New School/Mannes
Undergrad tuition: $50,640
COA: $75,000
Note: New School negotiates so definitely worth an appeal, per an attendee from last year.
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$25,000
$19,000 (under appeal)
$18,000
$12,000
Grad tuition: $46,000
COA: (flexible, approximately $70,000)
Class of 2022 MM awards:
$23,000

Northwestern (Bienen)
Tuition (three quarters): $56,000
Total COA: $78,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$63,000

NYU
Tuition: $55,000
Total COA: $79,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$38,000
$35,000
$0 (x2)

Oberlin
Tuition: $57,000
Total COA: $77,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$36,000
$32,000
$57,000
$20,000
$40,000

Peabody
Tuition: $53,000
With extras: $76,000
90 percent of students receive some level of scholarships, which are “merit-based/need informed.”
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$18,000
$25,000
$38,500
Class of 2022 MM music awards (anecdotal):
$32,000

Penn State
Tuition: $18,000 IS/$35,000 OOS
Total COA: $35,000 IS/$52,000 OOS (approximate)
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$4,000 (IS)

Pepperdine (Seaver)
Tuition: $55,000
Total COA: $75,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$41,000

Queens College/Copeland SOM
Tuition: $6,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$2,000

Rice
Tuition: $56,000
Total COA: $73,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$53,000
$35,000

Shenandoah University (conservatory)
Tuition: $33,000
Total COA: $46,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$20,000
$30,000

St. Olaf
Tuition: $51,000
Total COA: $63,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$27,000

SMU/Meadows
Tuition: $58,000
Total COA: $79,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$16,000 (total award $42K)

SUNY Purchase
Tuition: $7,070 IS / $16,980 OOS
COA: $28,231 / $38,141
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$0 (IS)

Syracuse (Setnor)
Tuition: $52,000
COA: $75,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$0
$10,000
$52,000
MM: Tuition $40,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$36,000

Temple University/Boyer
OOS Tuition: $33,032
COA: $32,000 IS/$53,294 OOS
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$1,635
$3,000
Note: These are often combined with substantial academic awards.

The College of NJ (TCNJ)
Tuition: $13,000 IS/$25,000 OOS
COA: $36,000/$48,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$2,000

U. of Delaware
Tuition: $12,730 IS/$34,160 OOS
COA: $30,288/$51,718
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$12,730
$12,000

U. of Denver (Lamont)
Tuition: $52,000
COA: $67,000
Note: most scholarships here are need-based, with an average of $40,000 per their website
Class of 2024 music awards (anecdotal):
$6,000
*18,000

U. of Hartford (Hartt)
Tuition: $39,000
COA: $53,000
Note: Hartt will often negotiate and increase offers, especially if you can show strong offers from competing schools.
Class of 2024 music awards (anecdotal):
$18,000

U. of Miami Frost
Tuition: $52,000
COA: $74,000
Class of 2024 music awards (anecdotal):
$0 (x2)
$52,000
*$24,000

U. of Michigan SMTD
Out of state: $51,000/$66,000
In-state: $16,000/$31,000
Class of 2024 awards (anecdotal):
$24,000 (OOS)
$20,000 (OOS)
$13,000 (OOS)
Note: Michigan supplements music awards such as these with generous need awards in some cases.

U. of North Texas
Tuition: $8,404 IS / $21,064 OOS (merit award of $1,000 or over confers in-state tuition)
COA: $25,680 / $39,318
Class of 2024 music awards (anecdotal):
$5,000
$8,000

USC/Thornton
Tuition: $57,000
COA: $77,000
Class of 2024 music awards (anecdotal):
$10,000
$0
$29,000
MM Tuition: $30,000
Class of 2022 MM music awards (anecdotal):
$14,000
04-11-2020 at 3:22 pm

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