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The Ailey School Overview

The Ailey School is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. New York is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is The Ailey School Known For?

27 Undergraduate Awards
60% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at The Ailey School may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 3 to 1.
  • The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at The Ailey School.

Where Is The Ailey School?

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Contact details for The Ailey School are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 405 W 55Th Street, New York, NY 10019-4402
Phone: 212-405-9008
Website: www.theaileyschool.edu

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How Do I Get Into The Ailey School?

You can apply to The Ailey School online at: https://www.alvinailey.org/school/how-apply

Admission Requirements for The Ailey School

Submission Required?
High School GPA 3
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 3
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 3

How Hard Is It To Get Into The Ailey School?

60% Acceptance Rate
87% Of Accepted Are Women
The Ailey School has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 13% of accepted students are men and 87% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 51%, and the acceptance rate for women is 62%.

Can I Afford The Ailey School?

16% Take Out Loans
7.4% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At The Ailey School, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $8,083 a year. That adds up to $32,332 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at The Ailey School is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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The Ailey School Undergraduate Student Diversity

20 Full-Time Undergraduates
90% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 20 full-time undergraduates at The Ailey School, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The Ailey School students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Over 32 countries are represented at The Ailey School. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Canada, and Japan.

The Ailey School Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Dance 27 27
TOTAL 27 27

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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