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CCM By The Numbers

College Enrollment for Fall 2024 (All Enrolled Students)

  • Total: 1,319
    • Undergraduate: 815
    • Graduate: 504

CCM’s current student population comes to Cincinnati from 41 different U.S. states and 41 different countries. International students represent roughly 23% of the student body.

Applications for 2024-25

  • Total: 3,639
    • Undergraduate: 2,243
    • Graduate: 1,396

Admitted Student GPA Statistics for Fall 2024

  • Undergraduates Average GPA: 3.2/4.0
  • Graduates Average GPA: 3.8/4.0

Faculty

  • Full Time: 116
  • Part Time: 151

CCM Prep Faculty

  • 50

Staff

  • 53

2024-25 Undergraduate Tuition w/ Fees

  • 2024-25 Undergraduate Tuition w/ Fees
  • Ohio Resident/Reciprocity: $15,476
  • KY/IN Metro Rate: $16,076
  • Non-Resident: $31,060

2024-25 Graduate Tuition w/ Fees

  • In-State​: $17,757 per year​
  • Out-of-State​: $29,499 per year​

Recent Bragging Rights

  • Playbill included CCM in its 2025 list of the "Top 10 Most Represented Schools on Broadway." CCM is regularly included in this annual list, which highlights the colleges and universities who have the most alumni performing on Broadway each season.
  • CCM was designated one of the top “schools of the stars” by Playbill in 2024 based on the number of alumni performers and designers nominated for the 77th annual Tony Awards.
  • The CCM graduate student ensemble known as the Poiesis Quartet won the grand prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition earlier this fall. The Poiesis Quartet, which is comprised of artist diploma students Sarah Ying Ma (she/they) on violin, Max Ball (he/they) on violin, Jasper de Boor(they/them) on viola and Drew Dansby (he/him), was the only ensemble from the USA to compete. The quartet’s members study chamber music at CCM with the Ariel Quartet and Nick Photinos.
  • During a recent appearance on the incredibly popular Call Her Daddy podcast, CCM Prep alumna Sarah Jessica Parker reminisced about her formative years in Cincinnati. Parker had high praise for the Queen City in general and CCM in particular, telling host Alex Cooper: “The University of Cincinnati: their Conservatory has a really incredible theatre department."
  • CCM talent swept the 2025 Grammy Awards with 17 total nominations and 7 wins.
  • Backstage has included CCM in its recent lists of “Best Colleges for Singing” and “Top College Musical Theatre Programs in the US.” While the individual entries on both lists are unranked, Backstage lists CCM alongside 12 other leading Vocal Programs and 13 other top undergraduate Musical Theatre programs.
  • College Factual placed CCM at #5 in its most recent list of “Top 25 Most Popular Colleges for Music.” This list, which is comprised of the most well attended music schools, also highlighted CCM’s strong freshman retention rate, stating: “The school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.”
  • College Factual has also recently ranked CCM's music programs "in the top 10% of the country," and placed CCM at #1 in its list of "Best Schools for Music in Ohio."
  • College Gazette included CCM in its 2021 list of "The 10 Best Performing Arts Colleges in the US," and specifically highlighted our Musical Theatre, Jazz and Media Production programs and offerings.
  • Inside Music Schools has recently ranked CCM at #2 in its list of "Top Classical/Opera Voice Programs," and at #5 in its list of "Top Schools to Study Musical Theatre."
  • 100% of the graduates from the MA/MBA Arts Administration joint program between CCM and the Lindner College of Business have gained employment in their chosen field.
  • Graduates of CCM’s Music Education programs enjoy a 100% placement rate, often as school music teachers, community arts personnel, church musicians, college faculty members and students in advanced programs of study.
  • CCM's Jazz Orchestra was invited to compete in Jazz at Lincoln Center's (JALC) second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship in April 2022. The invitational competition featured ensembles from 10 of "the most well-regarded university jazz programs in the country."
  • In 2020, CCM's Division of Media Production launched its Sports Media Production program in partnership with UC Athletics programs and ESPN. The partnership gives students the opportunity to produce live, multi-camera sports broadcasts for ESPN's various networks and streaming platforms. The program made history when UC was given an opportunity to help produce ESPNU's televised coverage of the UC vs. Tulsa men's basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, becoming the first school in the American Athletic Conference to hold this distinction. In 2023, the "Best of Cincinnati" awards named CCM Sports Media Production "Best Student Program with Actual National Exposure."
  • Produced and released during the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCM OnStage Online series of digital concerts and performing arts presentations was featured by Broadway World, Cincinnati Business Courier, Cincinnati CityBeat, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati Public Radio, Local 12 WKRC-TV, Movers and Makers, Musical America and The Violin Channel. In March of 2021, the Cincinnati Business Courier published a feature-length article entitled "One year into pandemic, UC's College-Conservatory of Music uses innovation to adapt," which focused on the series.
  • CCM’s Opera program has long been regarded as one of the world’s most comprehensive training programs. In July of 2016, the Toronto Star reviewed a production of the new American opera Fellow Travelers, which was workshopped at CCM through the renowned “Opera Fusion” program that the college co-hosts with Cincinnati Opera. The review hailed CCM as “one of the continent’s major music schools.”
  • CCM was #12 on the Hollywood Reporter’s 2015 list of “Top 25 Undergraduate Drama Schools” in the world, appearing alongside schools like Juilliard, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Bristol Old Vic.
  • The internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet has served as CCM’s string quartet-in-residence since 2012. Awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Ariel Quartet directs CCM’s chamber music program and presents an annual series of concerts. In 2023, the members of the Ariel Quartet were featured on NBC's Today Show and Nightly News with Lester Holt thanks to their collaboration with Violins of Hope.

Did you know ...

  • CCM is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio. The annual calendar boasts nearly 1,000 events, ranging from solo recitals to fully-staged opera and musical theater performances.
  • CCM ensembles have performed internationally, recorded for major labels and won ASCAP awards for excellence and programming.
  • CCM now offers 10 different degree types (BA, BM, BFA, MFA, MM, MME, MA, AD, DMA, PhD) in nearly 120 possible majors.
  • CCM also offers academic minors in both Media Production and Music, which are open to current UC students.
  • CCM offers a graduate certificate in Music Pedagogy.
  • The Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library houses more than 150,000 volumes, including books, music scores, periodicals, microforms and recordings that support the full range of programs offered.
  • The library is supplemented by the Music Listening Center, which offers an advanced audio system with 48 listening stations and 24 computer stations.
  • Among the performance spaces are the 663-seat Corbett Auditorium, the 378-seat Patricia Corbett Theater, the versatile Cohen Family Studio Theater, the 250-seat Robert J. Werner Recital Hall and the 140-seat Watson Recital Hall.
  • "Smart" classrooms allow electronic access to the latest information in real time and offer opportunities for cutting-edge audiovisual presentations.
  • Production facilities include an 8,500 square-foot scene shop; 3,000 square-foot costume shop; wig, make-up and prosthetics studios; design/drafting studio; sound design studio; and a lighting laboratory.
  • In 2009 CCM received the designation of “All Steinway-School,” a distinction shared by the top conservatories in the world. CCM has also become one of the largest repositories of Steinway pianos outside the company’s Long Island City, N.Y.-based factory.
  • In 2011, CCM was recognized as Ohio's first Center of Excellence in Music and Theatre Arts by the Ohio Board of Regents.
  • CCM's performance venues received $15 million in upgrades in 2016-17. The renovation project upgraded theater controls, stage rigging and lighting. New audio and video systems were also installed in all of CCM’s major performance spaces. Renovations improved connectivity between the venues. Upgrades included the installation of new video monitoring systems, intercom systems and an inter-venue technical production communication system, as well as fiber optic cables for live streaming. New lighting and a new stage were installed in Corbett Auditorium as part of the renovations, along with new carpet, seating and a new stage curtain. The seating in Patricia Corbett Theater was also refurbished, and a new carpet was installed in the theater’s lobby. Patricia Corbett Theater also received updated heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
  • In 2019, CCM's Department of Jazz Studies was named the inaugural college affiliate of the acclaimed Jazz at Lincoln Center, a distinction reserved for the country’s top-ranked jazz programs.
  • In April 2022, the CCM Jazz Orchestra had the honor of performing in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. The championship featured ensembles from the 10 “most well-regarded university jazz programs in the country.”