Art, music & theater at Pepperdine
Pepperdine graduates about 75 art, music & theater majors a year, 8% 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 $51,000 four years out, 1.27× what the same major pays nationally.
Around Pepperdine




Where art, music & theater happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Student housing 36 · Athletics 5 · Chapel 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at Pepperdine
- Communications & media 89 · #20
- Business & finance 78 · #81
- Philosophy & religion 76 · #92
- Political science & IR 73 · #149
- Psychology 72 · #138
- Economics 71 · #148
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Pepperdine 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.