THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL Z-7

60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6588
Tel: (212)799-5000; Admissions: (212)799-5000; Fax: (212)724-0263; Web Site: http://www.juilliard.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1905. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $478.1 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $21,250 per student. Total enrollment: 834. Faculty: 272 (120 full-time, 152 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 3:1. 1,824 applied, 7% were admitted. Full-time: 494 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 1 student, 100% women. Students come from 43 states and territories, 41 other countries, 85% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 13% black, 11% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 24% international, 48% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 93% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, accelerated degree program, double major, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Barnard College, Columbia University. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Required: essay, high school transcript, audition. Entrance: most difficult. Application deadline: 12/1. Notification: 4/1.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $100. Comprehensive fee: $30,290 includes full-time tuition ($21,250), mandatory fees ($600), and college room and board ($8440). Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Most popular organizations: ArtREACH, Korean Campus Crusade for Christ, Julliard Christian Fellowship, The Forum, Artists Inspired. Major annual events: Opening Day Picnic on the Plaza, Halloween Dance, Spring Picnic on the Plaza. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access, electronically operated main building entrances. 350 college housing spaces available; 238 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Lila Acheson Wallace Library with 80,793 books, 153 microform titles, 220 serials, 21,867 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 34 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: See New York University.