Art, music & theater at Syracuse
Syracuse graduates about 310 art, music & theater majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 23rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $56,000 four years out, 1.25× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Syracuse
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Shaffer Art Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 65 · Dorm 22 · Library 5 · Chapel 3 · Athletics 3 · Student housing 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at Syracuse
- Communications & media 95 · #3
- Public policy & social work 91 · #6
- Political science & IR 87 · #47
- Business & finance 87 · #25
- Computer science 85 · #56
- Sociology & anthropology 85 · #61
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Syracuse 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.