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Art, music & theater at Chapman

Chapman graduates about 372 art, music & theater majors a year, 19% of its graduating class. That puts it 18th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $60,000 four years out, 1.40× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#18 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year37219% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$60,0001.40× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate72%whole school
SAT middle 50%1200–1400whole school

Around Chapman

A side view of the historic Orange Theatre in the district in California.
Orange Theatre sidePhoto: Sewageboy · CC0 · source
Orange Intermediate School-Central Grammar School
370 North Glassell, Orange, Ca.Photo: Marty Rice · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
"NAMM Week: Songwriter Series" Songwriters Round at The Ugly Mug Cafe in Orange
Songwriters Round 1 22 2014 -12 (12168881945)Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
California, USA - April 2016 Los Angeles
Orange County (26439232201)Photo: Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Musco Center for the Arts, Waltmar Theater, Digital Media Arts Center, Marion Knott Studios.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 16 · Dorm 4 · Athletics 2 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

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

Other strong majors at Chapman

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Chapman 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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