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Art, music & theater at UC Riverside

UC Riverside graduates about 265 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 201st of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a strong program at 68 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.16× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year2655% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,0001.16× the same major nationally
Research in the field$286Ka year, NSF
Admit rate86%whole school

Around UC Riverside

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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Arts, Athletics and Dance, Arts Performance Lab.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Student housing 68 · Dorm 46 · Dining 4 · Athletics 3 · Offices 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Wheaton College (IL) 69
  2. Rhodes College 69
  3. Saint Louis University 69
  4. Fairfield University 69
  5. University of Houston 68
  6. James Madison University 68
  7. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 68
  8. University of Tennessee–Knoxville 68

Other strong majors at UC Riverside

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Riverside 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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