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Music at Georgia State University

Georgia State University graduates about 31 music majors a year. That puts it 325th of 749 schools we score for music, a solid program at 58 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $36,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.82×). Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year31under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$36,0000.82× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1030–1240whole school

Around Georgia State University

Arts Humanities Recital Hall, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Fulton County,
Arts Humanities Recital Hall, GSUPhoto: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
GSU Auditorium, Atlanta
GSU Auditorium AtlantaPhoto: Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Red Sonja
Red Sonja (cosplayer at Dragon Con 2009, Atlanta)Photo: Jason Azze from Beacon Falls, CT · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Picture taken at the Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at GSU, Atlanta
Atlanta GSU Art And Feminism 2016 IMG 0748Photo: Ganeshk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where music happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 54 · Dorm 3 · Dining 3 · Library 3 · Arts 2 · Athletics 2.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Michigan Technological University 58
  2. Concordia University–Irvine 58
  3. Champlain College 58
  4. Assumption University 58
  5. Seattle Pacific University 58
  6. Western Carolina University 58
  7. Lewis & Clark College 58
  8. Johns Hopkins University 58

Other strong majors at Georgia State University

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia State University 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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