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Art, music & theater at Memphis

Memphis graduates about 146 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 369th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 56 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $45,000 four years out, 1.09× what the same major pays nationally.

56/100Solid#369 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year1465% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$45,0001.09× the same major nationally
Research in the field$788Ka year, NSF
Admit rate95%whole school
SAT middle 50%930–1230whole school

Around Memphis

Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center at the University of Memphis
Scheidt Family Performing Arts CenterPhoto: FenrisAureus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
University of Memphis Ned McWherter Library main entrance
Ned-McWherter-Library-2024Photo: FenrisAureus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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John Willard Brister Library, Memphis State University campus Memphis
John Willard Brister LibraryPhoto: Chris6320 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Theatre Building, Art and Communication Building, Art Building, Communications and Fine Arts Building, Music Building, Scheidt Family Music Center, Michael D Rose Theatre Lecture Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 42 · Student housing 6 · Arts 4 · Athletics 3 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Saint Michael's College 57
  2. Kent State University 56
  3. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 56
  4. Illinois State University 56
  5. California Lutheran University 56
  6. Stevenson University 56
  7. University of Nebraska at Kearney 56
  8. St. John's University 56

Other strong majors at Memphis

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Memphis 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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