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Art, music & theater at UC San Diego

UC San Diego graduates about 226 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 103rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, 1.12× 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.

78/100Strong#103 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year2263% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$46,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school

Around UC San Diego

Atkinson Hall at the University of California, San Diego, housing the Qualcomm I
Qualcomm InstitutePhoto: TritonsRising · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Bear (2)Photo: SheepTester · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Earl Warren College
Earl Warren College 5 2017-10-19Photo: FASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory at UCSD
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems LaboratoryPhoto: Alan Islas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Visual Arts Facility - Building 5, Visual Arts Facility - Building 1, Arts and Humanities, Artesa.

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 63 · Academic 62 · Dorm 38 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Library 5.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Trinity University 79
  2. University of California, Irvine 78
  3. University of California, Santa Cruz 78
  4. Michigan State University 78
  5. University of Rochester 78
  6. Hofstra University 78
  7. Case Western Reserve University 78
  8. College of the Holy Cross 78

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC San Diego 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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