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Art, music & theater at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara graduates about 382 art, music & theater majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 95th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a strong program at 79 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $47,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally.

79/100Strong#95 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year3826% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$47,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$291Ka year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school

Around UC Santa Barbara

This is an image of Wisp performing in Santa Barbara in 2025.
Wisp-1 croppedPhoto: Elijah Chuc · CC0 · source
The East Asian Library in Davidson Library, UCSB
East Asian Library of UCSBPhoto: AndyHe829 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
the Ti-Nspire CX ii CAS
CxcasiiPhoto: Prezi2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oneweb mission. This one involved the booster returning to base.
Spacex Launch as seen from UCSB (54239527832)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Theater and Dance West Auditorium, Theater and Dance East, Theater and Dance West, Music, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Pollock Theater.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Connecticut 80
  2. Boston College 80
  3. William & Mary 80
  4. The Catholic University of America 80
  5. University of Iowa 79
  6. Southern Methodist University 79
  7. Mount Holyoke College 79
  8. University of Tulsa 79

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara 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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