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Lewiston, ME · Art, music & theater

Art, music & theater at Bates College

Bates College graduates about 19 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% 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.

84/100Standout#57 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year194% of the class
Admit rate13%whole school
SAT middle 50%1420–1520whole school

Around Bates College

This is a photo I have taken of Schaeffer Theatre at Bates College in Lewiston,
Schaefer Theatre, of Bates CollegePhoto: Xin Deui · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Bronze bust of U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie by Arnold Burgess (1912-1992)
Edmund Muskie StatuePhoto: Bust: Arnold BurgessPhotograph: MustyMuskie · Public domain · source
Coram Library of Bates College
CoramlibraryPhoto: Hovertover · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hathorn Hall, Bates College, Bates College campus Lewiston
Fireworks at Bates College Hathorn HallPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Schaeffer Theatre, Arthur P. Hopkins House, Olin Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 50 · Academic 23 · Student housing 5 · Library 4 · Athletics 3 · Dining 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Pennsylvania 84
  2. Pepperdine University 84
  3. Duke University 84
  4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 84
  5. The New School 83
  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  7. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 83
  8. University of Chicago 83

Other strong majors at Bates College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Bates 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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