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Art, music & theater at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 319 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 44th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $54,000 four years out, 1.42× what the same major pays nationally.

86/100Standout#44 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year3194% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$54,0001.42× the same major nationally
Research in the field$918Ka year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Sather Tower
Sather Tower 2013-09-29 13-34-23Photo: EricDLee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
Berkeley - South HallPhoto: roger4336 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Wheeler Hall
Wheeler Hall - panoramioPhoto: Alexander Gude · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley (54263464661)Photo: Gabriel Classon · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Old Art Gallery, Bancroft Dance Studio, Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive, Hargrove Music Library, Zellerbach Hall, Zellerbach Playhouse, Hearst Greek Theatre, Anthropology and Art Practice Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Whitman College 87
  2. Trinity College 87
  3. Reed College 87
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 86
  5. Northeastern University 86
  6. Denison University 86
  7. Stanford University 86
  8. Lafayette College 86

Other strong majors at UC Berkeley

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley 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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