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Music at NYU

NYU graduates about 87 music majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 5th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $53,000 four years out, 1.21× 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.

96/100Standout#5 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year871% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$53,0001.21× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1480–1550whole school

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Vanderbilt University 100
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 98
  3. Northwestern University 97
  4. University of Florida 97
  5. Northeastern University 96
  6. Emory University 95
  7. Harvard University 95
  8. University of California, Berkeley 95

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NYU with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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