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Art, music & theater at New Orleans

New Orleans graduates about 71 art, music & theater majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 485th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 46 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $28,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.70×).

Graduates a year717% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$28,0000.70× the same major nationally
Research in the field$445Ka year, NSF
Admit rate70%whole school
SAT middle 50%930–1190whole school

Around New Orleans

Big Easy Roller Girls in the Human Performance Center (UNO), New Orleans.
Big Easy Roller Girls Arena 2011Photo: Bart Everson · CC BY 2.0 · source
Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina & the Federal Flood, New Orleans September 20
New-Orleans post Katrina Sept 2005- shredded US flagPhoto: Gilbert Mercier · CC BY 4.0 · source
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Univ. of New OrleansPhoto: Result02 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fine Arts Building, Amphitheater, Liberal Arts Building, Performing Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Offices 8 · Academic 7 · Athletics 5 · Arts 3 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Eastern Michigan University 46
  2. Northern Kentucky University 46
  3. University of Texas at El Paso 46
  4. Northern Michigan University 46
  5. Minnesota State University Moorhead 46
  6. Lynn University 46
  7. Oral Roberts University 46
  8. University of Michigan–Flint 46

Other strong majors at New Orleans

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares New Orleans 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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