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Art, music & theater at RIT

RIT graduates about 274 art, music & theater majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 83rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $52,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#83 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year27412% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$52,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

Around RIT

The Tojo Memorial Garden, created in 1975 on the RIT campus. The Garden was crea
RIT art - Tojo Memorial GardenPhoto: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology EECS, Large-Scale Photonic C
PhotonicsForQuantumWorkshop2019IngleAuditoriumEnglundTalkPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Bamboo Room (03-2610) is the seat of student government at the Rochester Ins
RITBambooRoomPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 and 50th anniversary of the Henrie
BrickCityHomecoming2018SAUAtriumPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Performing Arts Center (83), Sands Family Studios, University Gallery, MAGIC Spell Studios (71), Liberal Arts Hall (6).

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 127 · Academic 63 · Student housing 31 · Dining 30 · Athletics 10 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Fordham University 82
  2. University of Denver 82
  3. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 82
  4. Davidson College 82
  5. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 81
  6. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 81
  7. St. Olaf College 81
  8. Furman University 81

Other strong majors at RIT

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT 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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