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Art, music & theater at NYU

NYU graduates about 1,200 art, music & theater majors a year, 18% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $50,000 four years out, 1.18× 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.

Graduates a year1,20018% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$50,0001.18× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1470–1570whole school

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Southern California 96
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 96
  3. Northwestern University 95
  4. Vanderbilt University 95
  5. Dartmouth College 95
  6. Williams College 95

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NYU 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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