Bachelor in Jazz/Jazz Studies (Bachelor's)

At The Juilliard School, tuition is Tuition for the 2024–2025 academic year is $58,800 per year..

The programme is a full-time, on-campus Bachelor of Music degree focused on jazz performance and improvisation. Students receive intensive training in jazz ensemble playing, individual performance, and music theory. The curriculum emphasizes real-world performance experience through regular ensemble work and public concerts. Instruction is delivered by professional jazz artists and faculty from the Juilliard School's Music Division.

The programme requires 120 credits, distributed across performance courses, ensemble participation, music theory, and liberal arts. Students complete a senior recital as part of the degree requirements.

Graduates pursue careers as professional jazz performers, ensemble musicians, and freelance artists in New York City and beyond.

Applicants must hold a high school diploma or equivalent. A live audition and written music theory test are required. Required documents include transcripts, a personal statement, and two letters of recommendation.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. on-campus, full-time, four years. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 9% of applicants.

Performance sits at the center of The Juilliard School's academic work. Its programs span dance, drama, and music, with acting available within drama and vocal arts offered within music. Music students can study instruments including piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, guitar, harp, organ, and percussion. Additional areas include collaborative piano, composition, conducting, jazz studies, historical performance, and the Doctor of Musical Arts. The Artist Diploma in Opera Studies provides another advanced music pathway.

Juilliard connects study with public performance through its performances program and annual season. Dance, drama, music, and creative enterprise appear across its on-stage and related programming. The school also supports artistic development through alumni activities, K-12 education, summer programs, and Juilliard Extension certificates in core musical skills, music composition, and music production. Juilliard Jazz marks 25 years, providing a specific point of continuity within the school's music activities.

Located in New York City, Juilliard offers campus-life information covering living in the city, student affairs, well-being, academic support, disability services, public safety, and orientation for new students and families. International students have dedicated information within admissions and campus life. Prospective students can also review tuition, financial aid, scholarships, loans, student accounts, and work-study resources. The College Catalog, academic calendar, liberal arts information, faculty directory, library, and archives provide further context for planning study and understanding the wider school community.