Art, music & theater at Mizzou
Mizzou graduates about 159 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 136th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $47,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Mizzou




Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Music, Fine Arts Building - Art, Fine Arts Building - Music and Drama, Arts and Science Building, Museum Support Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 137 · Dorm 63 · Student housing 58 · Athletics 16 · Arts 3 · Chapel 2.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at Mizzou
- Communications & media 86 · #43
- Health & pre-med fields 83 · #40
- Business & finance 78 · #81
- Psychology 75 · #114
- Languages 75 · #136
- Political science & IR 74 · #136
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Mizzou 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.