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Art, music & theater at Harvard

Harvard graduates about 55 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 23rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

90/100Standout#23 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year553% of the class
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Harvard

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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Museum of Comparative Zoology Laboratories, Semitic Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Art Studios, Carpenter Center, Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Office for the Arts / The Pheonix Club.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 130 · Dorm 62 · Student housing 22 · Arts 6 · Library 6 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Wellesley College 91
  2. Pomona College 91
  3. Syracuse University 90
  4. Tufts University 90
  5. Brandeis University 90
  6. Bowdoin College 90
  7. Grinnell College 90
  8. Tulane University of Louisiana 89

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Harvard 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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