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Music at Rice

Rice graduates about 20 music majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 23rd of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 91 out of 100.

91/100Standout#23 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year202% of the class
Research in the field$123Ka year, NSF
Admit rate8%whole school
SAT middle 50%1510–1560whole school

Around Rice

Herzstein Hall
Herzstein HallPhoto: WhisperToMe · CC0 · source
Duncan Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Duncan HallPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · source
View of McMurtry College quad from the top floor deck.
McMurtry CollegePhoto: Seanharger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brown College Commons, Rice University
Brown CollegePhoto: AniRaptor2001 · Public domain · source

Where music happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 21 · Dining 9 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. University of California San Diego 92
  2. University of Georgia 91
  3. University of Connecticut 91
  4. University of Maryland, College Park 91
  5. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 91
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 91
  7. Tufts University 90
  8. The Ohio State University 90

Other strong majors at Rice

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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