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Malibu, CA · Art, music & theater

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.

Graduates a year758% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$51,0001.27× the same major nationally
Research in the field$124Ka year, NSF
Admit rate63%whole school
SAT middle 50%1285–1480whole school

Around Pepperdine

Smothers Theater on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California in
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Pepperdine Musical Theatre
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Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
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Pepperdine University + Pacific Ocean
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Where art, music & theater happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Student housing 36 · Athletics 5 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Columbia University 84
  2. American University 84
  3. University of Virginia 84
  4. University of Pennsylvania 84
  5. Duke University 84
  6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 84
  7. Bates College 84
  8. The New School 83

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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.

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