Cost and Financial Aid
Comprehensive Fee
Although the Colburn Conservatory of Music is proud to provide our students full scholarships for tuition, a comprehensive fee is charged to all students to underwrite institutional costs. Many of these expenses help us provide you with a supportive musical learning environment. Examples of expenses include:
- Wireless internet
- Technology
- Professional development
- Transcript requests
- Instrument maintenance and acquisition
- Wellness initiatives and services
- Recording equipment
- Tickets to musical performances
- Graduation and commencement fees
The comprehensive fee for 2025-2026 is $4,650. Students are eligible to apply for financial aid awards to offset this fee.
2025–26 Costs
Tuition: $62,000
Housing and meal plan: $21,300 (First and second-year undergraduate students are required to live on campus.)
Estimated total scholarship and grant aid: $81,300
Comprehensive fee: $4,650
Estimated cost of books and supplies: $1,650
Estimated other expenses: $6,000 (This figure includes health insurance, transportation, and other personal expenses students may incur.)
Estimated total cost of attendance or Net Price: $12,300
Net price calculators are available on a college or university website and allow prospective students to enter information about themselves to find out what students like them paid to attend the institution in the previous year, after taking grants and scholarship aid into account. All students enrolling at the Colburn School have the same Net Price (see above).
