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Art, music & theater at Marshall

Marshall graduates about 47 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 557th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a light program at 41 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $34,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.82×).

Graduates a year474% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$34,0000.82× the same major nationally
Admit rate97%whole school
SAT middle 50%940–1140whole school

Around Marshall

The Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center at Marshall University in 2021.
Edwards Performing Arts Center Marshall University 2021Photo: Wv funnyman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Freshman North and South dorms at Marshall University in 2014.
First-Year Residence Halls Marshall University 2014Photo: Wv funnyman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Marco the Marshall University Bison statue on Hodges Field in 2020.
Marco the Bison Statue 2020Photo: Wv funnyman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Smith Music Hall, Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Centre, Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering Laboratories, Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 24 · Dorm 10 · Athletics 3 · Arts 2 · Library 2 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Cleveland State University 41
  2. University of Tampa 41
  3. University of North Florida 41
  4. Stockton University 41
  5. Lamar University 41
  6. University of Wisconsin–La Crosse 41
  7. California State University–Bakersfield 41
  8. University of Southern Maine 41

Other strong majors at Marshall

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Marshall 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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