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Art, music & theater at Drexel

Drexel graduates about 320 art, music & theater majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 75th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.17× what the same major pays nationally.

82/100Standout#75 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year3209% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$57,0001.17× the same major nationally
Research in the field$373Ka year, NSF
Admit rate70%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1430whole school

Around Drexel

Singer-songwriter Zoe Allaire Reynolds performing as Kississippi at Drexel Unive
Kississippi at Lawn Jawn 2023Photo: The Midnite Wolf · CC0 · source
The Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Drexel University School of Education offices are located at 3401 Market Street
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South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, United States
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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Irvine Auditorium, Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Penn Museum Garage, Mandell Theatre, Paul Peck Problem Solving & Research Center & Design Arts Annex.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 89 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 9 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Macalester College 83
  2. University of Richmond 83
  3. Princeton University 83
  4. University of Florida 82
  5. University of Georgia 82
  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  7. Fordham University 82
  8. University of Denver 82

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Drexel 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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