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Art, music & theater at Notre Dame

Notre Dame graduates about 115 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $71,000 four years out, 1.63× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year1155% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$71,0001.63× the same major nationally
Research in the field$893Ka year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole school

Around Notre Dame

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St Edwards Hall with DomePhoto: Eccekevin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Chapel in Zahm Hall at the University of Notre Dame
Zahm Hall ChapelPhoto: Swanyay · CC0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Arts and Literature, Riley Hall of Art and Design, Snite Museum, Crowley Hall of Music, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Williams College 95
  2. Swarthmore College 95
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  4. Wesleyan University 93
  5. Brown University 93
  6. Carleton College 93
  7. Washington University in St. Louis 92
  8. Yale University 92

Other strong majors at Notre Dame

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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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