Art, music & theater at UConn
UConn graduates about 103 art, music & theater majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 88th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $45,000 four years out, 1.27× 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.
Around UConn
Where art, music & theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: William Benton Museum of Art, Arthur B. Bronwell Building, Art Ceramic Studio, Art Building, Nafe Katter Theater, Museum Annex, Arthur L. Lorentzon Stables, J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall, Zachs Family Fine Arts Administration Building, Fine Arts Production Facility, Drama-Music Building, Music Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 64 · Academic 60 · Student housing 19 · Athletics 11 · Arts 9 · Chapel 8.
Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking
Other strong majors at UConn
- Communications & media 89 · #20
- Health & pre-med fields 88 · #12
- Biology 85 · #39
- Psychology 83 · #44
- Nursing 83 · #19
- Environmental science 83 · #55
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UConn 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.