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Music at UNC

UNC graduates about 44 music majors a year. That puts it 13th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $58,000 four years out, 1.33× what the same major pays nationally.

93/100Standout#13 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year44under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$58,0001.33× the same major nationally
Research in the field$909Ka year, NSF
Admit rate17%whole school
SAT middle 50%1400–1530whole school

Around UNC

Student & Academic Services Buildings (SASB) South, University of North Caro
Student & Academic Services Buildings South UNCCH 20140830Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
South Campus Study Commons, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
South Campus Study Commons interior UNCCH 20141010Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hardin Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Hardin Residence Hall at UNCPhoto: Mx. Granger · CC0 · source
Craige North Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Craige North Residence Hall at UNCPhoto: Mx. Granger · CC0 · source

Where music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Kenan Music Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 100 · Dorm 53 · Athletics 14 · Arts 7 · Library 4 · Offices 2.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 95
  2. Columbia University 94
  3. Brown University 94
  4. Southern Methodist University 94
  5. Dartmouth College 93
  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison 92
  8. University of Virginia 92

Other strong majors at UNC

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UNC with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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