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Marquette, MI · Art, music & theater

Art, music & theater at NMU

NMU graduates about 81 art, music & theater majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 485th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 46 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $36,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.88×).

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Graduates a year817% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$36,0000.88× the same major nationally
Admit rate71%whole school

Around NMU

Marquette, Michigan seen from Mount Marquette in 2012. To the right is the lower
Marquette from Mount MarquettePhoto: Steven Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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The Northern Michigan University college campus in Marquette in the Upper Penins
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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art and Design North, Forest Roberts Theatre, Thomas Fine Arts Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 19 · Academic 15 · Dorm 13 · Athletics 5 · Dining 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Georgia Southern University 46
  2. Eastern Michigan University 46
  3. Northern Kentucky University 46
  4. University of Texas at El Paso 46
  5. University of New Orleans 46
  6. Minnesota State University Moorhead 46
  7. Lynn University 46
  8. Oral Roberts University 46

Other strong majors at NMU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NMU 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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