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Carbondale, IL · Art, music & theater

Art, music & theater at SIU Carbondale

SIU Carbondale graduates about 67 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 342nd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 58 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $44,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

Graduates a year673% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$44,0001.02× the same major nationally
Research in the field$512Ka year, NSF
Admit rate90%whole school
SAT middle 50%900–1140whole school

Around SIU Carbondale

Old Baptist Foundation (OBF) Building at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SIUC Old Baptist Foundation Building - School of MusicPhoto: Bradley Furlow · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Southern Illinois Carbondale Campus (Dome Hut)
Southern Illinois Carbondale Campus (Dome Hut) - panoramioPhoto: JosephRoberto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Southern Illinois Carbondale Campus
Southern Illinois Carbondale Campus - panoramioPhoto: JosephRoberto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Southern Illinois Arena
Southern Illinois Arena - panoramioPhoto: JosephRoberto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art and Design Studio, Applied Sciences and Arts Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 83 · Student housing 23 · Dorm 6 · Athletics 5 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Winthrop University 58
  2. Utah State University 58
  3. Rider University 58
  4. Bradley University 58
  5. South Dakota State University 58
  6. Bellarmine University 58
  7. Whitworth University 58
  8. University of Massachusetts–Boston 58

Other strong majors at SIU Carbondale

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SIU Carbondale 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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