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Art, music & theater at Sam Houston

Sam Houston graduates about 196 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 465th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 48 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year1965% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,0001.13× the same major nationally
Admit rate85%whole school
SAT middle 50%960–1140whole school

Around Sam Houston

Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum on the campus of Sam Houston State University, Hunts
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Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. Home of the Sam Houston State Bearkats foot
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Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Hunt
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The Peabody Library Building on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Hu
Peabody library building huntsville tx 2014Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Dana G. Hoyt Fine Arts Building, Music Building (56), University Theater Center (49), Performing Arts Center (50).

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 50 · Dorm 23 · Athletics 10 · Arts 4 · Dining 3 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Molloy University 49
  2. University of Minnesota-Morris 49
  3. CUNY Queens College 48
  4. Florida International University 48
  5. West Chester University of Pennsylvania 48
  6. Maryville University of Saint Louis 48
  7. Olivet Nazarene University 48
  8. Niagara University 48

Other strong majors at Sam Houston

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Sam Houston 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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