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Art, music & theater at Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College graduates about 33 art, music & theater majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 95 out of 100.

95/100Standout#3 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year338% of the class
Research in the field$974Ka year, NSF
Admit rate7%whole school
SAT middle 50%1440–1560whole school

Around Swarthmore College

They Are Gutting a Body of Water performing at the Olde Club in Swarthmore, Penn
TAGABOW Olde Club 02Photo: The Midnite Wolf · CC0 · source
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Mertz, David Kemp, and Alice Paul dormitoriesPhoto: Katherine Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Mushrooms on oak treePhoto: Libnoscenti · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Tarble building, Swarthmore College
Tarble building, Swarthmore CollegePhoto: Buidhe_wiki · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Lang Music Building, Lang Performing Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 23 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 3 · Arts 2 · Chapel 2 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Northwestern University 95
  2. Vanderbilt University 95
  3. Dartmouth College 95
  4. Williams College 95
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  6. Wesleyan University 93
  7. University of Notre Dame 93
  8. Brown University 93

Other strong majors at Swarthmore College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Swarthmore College 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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