Art, music & theater at Penn
Penn graduates about 78 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 57th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $45,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Penn
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Irvine Auditorium, Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Penn Museum Garage, Mandell Theatre, Paul Peck Problem Solving & Research Center & Design Arts Annex.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at Penn
- Philosophy & religion 98 · #1
- Economics 96 · #7
- Neuroscience 96 · #4
- Political science & IR 96 · #5
- Physics & astronomy 96 · #8
- Languages 95 · #9
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Penn 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.