Art, music & theater at Old Dominion
Old Dominion graduates about 90 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 359th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 57 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally.
Around Old Dominion


Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Barry Art Museum, Stables Theatre, Strome Entrepreneurial Center and Visual Arts Building, Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center, Goode Theatre, Hixon Art Studio & Annex, Barry Arts Building, Batten Arts and Letters Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 25 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 9 · Dorm 7 · Arts 4 · Dining 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at Old Dominion
- Education 68 · #141
- Computer science 63 · #204
- English & writing 63 · #207
- Health & pre-med fields 63 · #221
- Nursing 62 · #161
- Sociology & anthropology 59 · #252
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Old Dominion 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.