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Music at Rutgers

Rutgers graduates about 52 music majors a year. That puts it 24th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $56,000 four years out, 1.28× what the same major pays nationally.

91/100Standout#24 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year52under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$56,0001.28× the same major nationally
Research in the field$390Ka year, NSF
Admit rate58%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1480whole school

Around Rutgers

The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, also known as the College Avenue Co
Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
View of the steeple of the Second Reformed Church, also known as the College Ave
Steeple, Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick Theological Seminary (55143271800)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · source
Two bicycles sit in the foreground of a misty morning at Rutgers University, New
Early Morning Bikes in the FogPhoto: Askarion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where music happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 56 · Dorm 13 · Chapel 3 · Dining 3 · Library 2 · Athletics 1.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. University of Georgia 91
  2. University of Connecticut 91
  3. University of Maryland, College Park 91
  4. Rice University 91
  5. University of California, Los Angeles 91
  6. Tufts University 90
  7. The Ohio State University 90
  8. University of Notre Dame 90

Other strong majors at Rutgers

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rutgers 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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