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Art, music & theater at Amherst College

Amherst College graduates about 38 art, music & theater majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 92 out of 100.

92/100Standout#14 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year388% of the class
Research in the field$113Ka year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1420–1550whole school

Around Amherst College

Frost Library, Amherst College. Its groundbreaking in 1963 was attended by Presi
Frost Library, Amherst CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Johnson Chapel at the Amhest College Main Quad.
Johnson Chapel at the Amhest College Main Quad. - panoramioPhoto: olekinderhook · CC BY 3.0 · source
Built 1870-73. Designed by William Appleton Potter. Preserved from the now-demol
Victorian Gothic - Amherst, MA - Amherst College (Stearns Steeple) (2)Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Scanned 35 mm color slide film from a small red box (RB) labeled "PKG#9" in a st
RB-Pkg9-014 (49719462773)Photo: Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Kirby Theater, Arms Music Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 31 · Academic 13 · Offices 2 · Arts 2 · Athletics 1 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Carleton College 93
  2. Washington University in St. Louis 92
  3. Yale University 92
  4. Hamilton College 92
  5. Chapman University 91
  6. Rhode Island School of Design 91
  7. Emory University 91
  8. Wellesley College 91

Other strong majors at Amherst College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Amherst College 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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