Art, music & theater at RISD
RISD graduates about 278 art, music & theater majors a year, 63% of its graduating class. That puts it 18th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally.
Around RISD
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: List Art Building, What Cheer Garage & Studios, Canal Street Studios, Angell Street Studios, Lindemann Performing Arts Center, Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Morrison-Gerard Chamber Music Studios, Orwig Music Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 67 · Dorm 41 · Offices 13 · Dining 5 · Athletics 5 · Library 4.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at RISD
- Architecture 91 · #5
- Computer science 89 · #36
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares RISD 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.