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Art, music & theater at UChicago

UChicago graduates about 71 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 68th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 83 out of 100.

83/100Standout#68 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year714% of the class
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

Around UChicago

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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Court Theatre, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Mandel Hall, Walker Museum, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, Concert Office, Gordon Parks Arts Hall, Midway Studios, Logan Center for the Arts.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 96 · Dorm 15 · Arts 9 · Dining 8 · Library 6 · Athletics 4.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Bates College 84
  2. The New School 83
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  4. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 83
  5. Macalester College 83
  6. University of Richmond 83
  7. Princeton University 83
  8. University of Florida 82

Other strong majors at UChicago

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UChicago 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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