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Art, music & theater at UMSL

UMSL graduates about 41 art, music & theater majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 441st of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 50 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $45,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year412% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$45,0001.07× the same major nationally
Admit rate51%whole school
SAT middle 50%1040–1210whole school

Around UMSL

Wilson Price Hunt House
Wilson Price Hunt HousePhoto: Chuck Morris · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Apartments in Normandy
Apartments in Normandy (28176794964)Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0 · source
Natural Bridge Crosswalk
Natural Bridge Crosswalk (28509793740)Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0 · source
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St. Louis County Library - Natural Bridge Branch (28690271812)Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Music Building (MB), Blanche M Touhill Performing Arts Center, Arts Administration Building (AAB), Campus Police Building (CPB) & Gallery 210.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 70 · Student housing 9 · Athletics 4 · Arts 4 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Louisiana at Lafayette 50
  2. SUNY Buffalo State University 50
  3. Jacksonville University 50
  4. Louisiana Tech University 50
  5. Anderson University (Indiana) 50
  6. Benedict College 50
  7. Hamline University 50
  8. St. Mary's University 50

Other strong majors at UMSL

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UMSL 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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