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Music at Brown

Brown graduates about 30 music majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 94 out of 100.

94/100Standout#11 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year301% of the class
Research in the field$434Ka year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1510–1560whole school

Where music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Lindemann Performing Arts Center, Morrison-Gerard Chamber Music Studios, Orwig Music Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 65 · Dorm 46 · Offices 6 · Dining 5 · Library 4 · Athletics 4.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Emory University 95
  2. Harvard University 95
  3. University of California, Berkeley 95
  4. Columbia University 94
  5. Southern Methodist University 94
  6. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 93
  7. Dartmouth College 93
  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93

Other strong majors at Brown

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Brown with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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