The Manhattan School of Music is a music conservatory locate in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition. It is one of the premiere music conservatories in the world and features a faculty of 275 and over 800 students from 40 countries. It is rated by the U.S. News & World Report as having one of the lowest acceptance rates in the United States. In addition to this, the school also has a pre-college division which trains over 500 gifted young students during the academic year and the summer.