Art, music & theater at UC Davis
UC Davis graduates about 426 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% 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 $55,000 four years out, 1.20× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Davis
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art Studio, Art Storage, Art Annex, Music, Wyatt Theater, Amphitheater, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall, Mondavi Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 204 · Student housing 77 · Dorm 48 · Athletics 12 · Arts 6 · Dining 3.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at UC Davis
- Biology 88 · #28
- Sociology & anthropology 88 · #42
- Environmental science 87 · #32
- Chemistry & biochem 85 · #43
- Computer science 84 · #67
- Engineering (all) 84 · #58
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Davis 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.