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Music at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 38 music majors a year. That puts it 9th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 95 out of 100.

95/100Standout#9 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year38under 1% of the class
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 music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hargrove Music Library.

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 music ranking

  1. New York University 96
  2. Northeastern University 96
  3. Emory University 95
  4. Harvard University 95
  5. Columbia University 94
  6. Brown University 94
  7. Southern Methodist University 94
  8. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 93

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 music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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