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Art, music & theater at Point Park

Point Park graduates about 186 art, music & theater majors a year, 32% of its graduating class. That puts it 485th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 46 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $39,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

46/100Solid#485 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year18632% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$39,0000.96× the same major nationally
Admit rate82%whole school
SAT middle 50%1030–1245whole school

Around Point Park

Image of a Nathan's Famous cobranded with an Arthur Treacher's
ArthurTreachersPhoto: Jgera5 (talk) (Uploads) · CC0 · source
The Arrott Building, in Pittsburgh, viewed from 3rd and Wood in 1978. Built in 1
Arrott Building in 1978 with streetcar on Wood StPhoto: Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
United Steelworkers Building (Curtis and Davis, 1961-1964) and PPG Place (Philip
Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PAPhoto: w_lemay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Buildings at 109-115 Wood Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United St
109-115 Wood StreetPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 17 · Arts 2 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Delaware State University 47
  2. Chatham University 47
  3. Ripon College 47
  4. California State University–Sacramento 46
  5. Northern Arizona University 46
  6. University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point 46
  7. Georgia Southern University 46
  8. Eastern Michigan University 46

Other strong majors at Point Park

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Point Park 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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