| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $3,645–$3,995; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $1,250–$1,850; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): PCSE full or partial merit/need grant: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available for 2026 through a separate application due March 31; award amounts varied and the deadline has passed.; PCSE-to-CCS undergraduate scholarship: $4,000. Eligible completers receive $1,000 per year for up to four years after admission and full-time enrollment at CCS, subject to satisfactory academic progress.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): FSE scholarship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited by funds and selected from priority-deadline applications based on audition quality and instrumentation needs; not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Minimum seat-reservation deposit: $300. The deposit was the minimum payment toward tuition, not an additional fee.; PCSE full or partial merit/need grant: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available for 2026 through a separate application due March 31; award amounts varied and the deadline has passed.; PCSE-to-CCS undergraduate scholarship: $4,000. Eligible completers receive $1,000 per year for up to four years after admission and full-time enrollment at CCS, subject to satisfactory academic progress.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 application fee: $50. Not included in program tuition and nonrefundable under the refund policy.; 2026 optional July housing and meals: $1,000–$1,900. One week USD 1,000; two weeks USD 1,900. Included double occupancy, linen package, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.; 2026 optional Music Day Camp aftercare: $125. Optional for the two-week day camp.; 2026 optional private lesson: $100. One-hour artist-faculty lesson option.; FSE scholarship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited by funds and selected from priority-deadline applications based on audition quality and instrumentation needs; not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 2–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Residency: Open to high school students from the United States and internationally; Requirement: Be enrolled in high school; Requirement: Choose one available studio concentration; Requirement: Be prepared for intensive college-level studio work; Requirement: Residents must follow residence-hall rules, conduct standards, and curfew; Requirement: International students needing a visa must coordinate with CCS International Student Services; Exclusion: No public age cutoff is stated; Exclusion: Specific concentrations may fill or move to a waitlist; Exclusion: A portfolio is not stated as a universal admission requirement for standard paid registration | Requirement: Meet the grade, instrument or voice, experience, and audition requirements of the specific camp; Requirement: Music Day Camp used entering-grade 2-5 and 6-8 groupings and required age-appropriate playing and music-reading experience; Requirement: High-school popular music and jazz vocal programs required grades 9-12 and audio/video samples; Requirement: Music production required a portfolio and suitable prior music/technology experience; Requirement: Bring required personal instruments, music, accessories, and program-specific technology unless Frost confirms an accommodation; Exclusion: No single grade range, audition, instrument, or experience rule applies to the whole portfolio; Exclusion: Housing was available only for nonlocal July participants and was limited; Music Day Camp was a day program; Exclusion: A scholarship application did not guarantee funding or admission |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 2.86–3 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1–2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Detroit, Michigan | Coral Gables, Florida |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Standard paid registration appears capacity-based by studio concentration, with seat counts and waitlists shown in the registration system. Separate merit/need and sponsored fellowship scholarships are competitively awarded; CCS does not publish a universal PCSE acceptance rate. | Selection: Applications and auditions were program-specific; scholarship review considered audition quality and instrumentation need. The portfolio publishes no overall acceptance rate, capacity, or shared rubric. Application materials: Audio or video audition/portfolio matching the selected strand |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21 |
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