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Art, music & theater at American

American graduates about 99 art, music & theater majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 57th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $43,000 four years out, 1.20× what the same major pays nationally.

84/100Standout#57 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year996% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$43,0001.20× the same major nationally
Admit rate62%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1430whole school

Around American

Katzen Art Museum
View to Massachusetts Avenue from Katzen Art Museum corridorPhoto: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
"We dedicate this building to the students of American University who here will
Battelle-Tompkins Memorial Building, American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
"It is highly proper that our group of noble edifices should begin with the Coll
Hurst, "College of History," American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
KOREAN CHERRY TREE These trees uniquely named recognize their origin. Originally
Korean Cherry Trees of American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Katzen Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 26 · Dorm 12 · Library 2 · Athletics 2 · Chapel 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Utah 84
  2. Oberlin College 84
  3. Boston University 84
  4. Columbia University 84
  5. University of Virginia 84
  6. University of Pennsylvania 84
  7. Pepperdine University 84
  8. Duke University 84

Other strong majors at American

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares American with every school we score in art, music & theater. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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