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Music at Columbia

Columbia graduates about 16 music majors a year. That puts it 10th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

94/100Standout#10 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year16under 1% of the class
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Where music happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 168 · Academic 66 · Dorm 21 · Chapel 8 · Library 6 · Offices 4.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Northeastern University 96
  2. Emory University 95
  3. Harvard University 95
  4. University of California, Berkeley 95
  5. Brown University 94
  6. Southern Methodist University 94
  7. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 93
  8. Dartmouth College 93

Other strong majors at Columbia

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Columbia 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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