Art, music & theater at New School
New School graduates about 972 art, music & theater majors a year, 61% 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. Graduates in the major earn a median $54,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally.
Where art, music & theater happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 13 · Academic 2 · Dorm 1 · Offices 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at New School
- Communications & media 76 · #113
- Architecture 70 · #42
- Computer science 66 · #188
- English & writing 65 · #191
- Environmental science 61 · #199
- Economics 60 · #217
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares New School 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.