Music at Ohio State
Ohio State graduates about 34 music majors a year. That puts it 27th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.17× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Ohio State
Where music happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 63 · Athletics 21 · Dorm 6 · Student housing 6 · Library 5 · Arts 1.
Nearby in the music ranking
Other strong majors at Ohio State
- Math & statistics 93 · #26
- Marketing 92 · #12
- Accounting 92 · #16
- Physics & astronomy 90 · #31
- Engineering (all) 90 · #36
- Art, music & theater 90 · #36
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Ohio State 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.