Art, music & theater at New Paltz
New Paltz graduates about 157 art, music & theater majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 433rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 51 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $32,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.
Around New Paltz
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fine Arts Building, Smiley Art Building, Parker Theatre, McKenna Theatre, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 15 · Academic 9 · Arts 5 · Library 4 · Athletics 2 · Offices 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at New Paltz
- Education 61 · #217
- Communications & media 56 · #301
- Sociology & anthropology 51 · #333
- History 49 · #361
- Psychology 48 · #423
- Health & pre-med fields 46 · #437
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares New Paltz 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.