<p>Mostly music (and art) schools!</p>
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<p>Really interesting article…thanks for posting (I think?)</p>
<p>Kinda surprised Berklee isn’t there…</p>
<p>This is interesting, I would have expected to see the big conservatories up there, they have the reputation of not giving particularly good aid, either need or merit.</p>
<p>Here’s where you can generate the reports - Berkleee is there just not top 20. Maybe 25 :)</p>
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<p>So expensive! people who can afford to overcome such financial obstacles are lucky. Or blessed. Whichever way you want to look at it xD</p>
<p>Put in 4 year and above public “lowest net price”. Sitting Bull College=$928.
SWEET. I wonder what sort of operas they are putting on?</p>
<p>Curtis is on the lowest privates list, seems like the only one that isn’t religious training of some kind.</p>
<p>Curtis and Colburn should be at the bottom of the list, since both are tuition free (I think Colburn also might include housing as well). They are endowed schools that admit relatively few students (Curtis is I believe 170 students or so)</p>
<p>Curtis is rather a red herring though: the cost of living is very high and financial assistance not easy to come by. One can easily drop 30K+ …</p>
<p>It is a really interesting article, but the averages don’t really tell any one person very much. After reading the article, however, I did go to the schools’ various websites and use the schools’ net cost estimators (for the schools my D is applying to). You put in your own approximate data and see what you are LIKELY to get at the school for grant and loan amounts, and then you can compare what, if anything, is the remaining cost. The differences are huge-- due to the fact that some schools have a lot more to give and they give it.</p>
<p>CoL doesn’t have to be that high… My son shares an apartment up by LaSalle and his half of rent is ~$375/mo, utilities included. Yes, it’s a small place (a studio), but adequate and livable. Cooking vs going/taking out keeps costs down, as does a metropass.</p>
<p>ETA: I was replying to the post wrt Curtis & CoL.</p>
<p>Between the merit scholarship and grant my son received from Oberlin, our net cost should he attend there will be less than a year of Texas in-state tuition.</p>
<p>I also find it interesting that Berea isn’t on that list of lowest private net costs. Every student admitted (their acceptance rate last year was 13%, and that doesn’t count students who earn too much to even apply there) pays zero tuition. </p>
<p>My favorite site for computing MY OWN likely net cost, as opposed to the AVERAGE net cost, is this one: </p>
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<p>One thing I notice about that list is that a large percentage are located in the downtowns of cities that are expensive, Boston, Chicago and NY, and if any of the CA schools are in LA, that would further make my point. Part of the value of them being in NY, Chicago, LA or Boston is that there is stuff going on in those cities that attracts musicians, followers of musicians, and music professors, as well as recording studios and related businesses. Those schools have to pay professors more than someone living in a lower cost city or state, like Montana, as an extreme example, so part of their expense is purely on the fact that they are located in an expensive place.</p>
<p>Good point. The list also says a lot about endowment/generosity…as the New School, Manhattan School of Music and NYU are there but Columbia and Barnard are not. This is a NET cost list, after an average of grants and scholarships are deducted.</p>
<p>Most expensive period is Sarah Lawrence.</p>
<p>I would suggest to future music majors that are looking at these expensive schools to consider the full cost of attendance, especially in these big cities. If you are tight on finances (or your parents are) and your financial aid solution doesn’t cover you, don’t go into debt for music in undergrad. If your talent is developed enough be the time you get to college, you may get offered scholarships or merit aid, which you don’t have to pay back, in addition to your financial package. If the net cost after both of these things are considered puts you into debt, then strongly consider your in-state options if they are more affordable. Your first few years as a music major graduate are going to be tough, and you don’t want to be starving because you can’t afford to pay rent, your student loans and your grocery bill, nevermind your iPhone and travel expenses.</p>