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Art, music & theater at Macalester College

Macalester College graduates about 28 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 68th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 83 out of 100.

83/100Standout#68 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year285% of the class
Research in the field$133Ka year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school
SAT middle 50%1340–1500whole school

Around Macalester College

Humanities Information Technology Services Building & Joan Adams Mondale Hal
Humanities Information Technology Services Building & Joan Adams Mondale Hall ofPhoto: Myotus · CC BY 4.0 · source
Joan Adams Mondale Hall of Studio Art Dedicated in 2014, it is part of the Janet
Joan Adams Mondale Hall of Studio Art at Macalester College, St. Paul, MinnesotaPhoto: edenpictures · CC BY 2.0 · source
Mairs Concert Hall 317-seat, recital hall 62 S Macalester Street Macalester Coll
Mairs Concert Hall at Macalester College, St. Paul, MinnesotaPhoto: edenpictures · CC BY 2.0 · source
Old Main Building (north side) facing Grand Avenue Macalester College, St. Paul,
Old Main Building (north side) at Macalester College, St. Paul, MNPhoto: Eden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 8 · Academic 8 · Arts 1 · Library 1 · Chapel 1 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. The New School 83
  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  3. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 83
  4. University of Chicago 83
  5. University of Richmond 83
  6. Princeton University 83
  7. University of Florida 82
  8. Drexel University 82

Other strong majors at Macalester College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Macalester College 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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