Art, music & theater at TCU
TCU graduates about 135 art, music & theater majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 50th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.21× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around TCU
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Walsh Performing Arts Center, Landreth Hall and Auditorium.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 23 · Academic 19 · Athletics 7 · Dining 2 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at TCU
- Business & finance 90 · #14
- Communications & media 88 · #29
- Education 84 · #11
- English & writing 80 · #74
- Health & pre-med fields 80 · #65
- Languages 79 · #111
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares TCU 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.