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Art, music & theater at RPI

RPI graduates about 39 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% 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 $87,000 four years out, 1.70× 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.

84/100Standout#57 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year393% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$87,0001.70× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate63%whole school
SAT middle 50%1360–1520whole school

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E. Fred Schubert at RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) in Troy NY during the
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Russell Sage Dining Hall from a distance at night
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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 42 · Dorm 17 · Athletics 5 · Dining 4 · Chapel 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Virginia 84
  2. University of Pennsylvania 84
  3. Pepperdine University 84
  4. Duke University 84
  5. Bates College 84
  6. The New School 83
  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  8. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 83

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RPI 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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