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:
The comprehensive fee for 2025-2026 is $4,650. Students are eligible to apply for financial aid awards to offset this fee.
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).