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Art, music & theater at Baylor

Baylor graduates about 136 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 88th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $49,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#88 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year1364% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$49,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate52%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1410whole school

Around Baylor

The Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the campus of Baylor University in Waco,
Baylor University June 2016 75 (Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the campus of Baylor University in
Baylor University June 2016 52 (Simpson Athletics and Academic Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the campus of Baylor University in
Baylor University June 2016 53 (Simpson Athletics and Academic Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Mayborn Museum Complex on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas (Un
Baylor University June 2016 54 (Mayborn Museum Complex)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mayborn Museum Complex, Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Lewis Art Building, Glennis McCrary Music Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 29 · Dorm 15 · Athletics 13 · Student housing 9 · Library 6 · Arts 3.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. St. Olaf College 81
  2. Furman University 81
  3. The Ohio State University 80
  4. Virginia Tech 80
  5. University of Connecticut 80
  6. Boston College 80
  7. William & Mary 80
  8. The Catholic University of America 80

Other strong majors at Baylor

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Baylor 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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