Music at FIU
FIU graduates about 36 music majors a year. That puts it 85th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.16× 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.
Where music happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Wertheim Conservatory, Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 34 · Dorm 19 · Library 3 · Arts 2.
Nearby in the music ranking
Other strong majors at FIU
- Nursing 80 · #47
- Public policy & social work 80 · #54
- Computer science 79 · #123
- Political science & IR 79 · #140
- History 79 · #120
- Communications & media 79 · #134
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares FIU 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.