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Art, music & theater at Southern Miss

Southern Miss graduates about 120 art, music & theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 457th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a solid program at 49 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $34,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.84×).

Graduates a year1205% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$34,0000.84× the same major nationally
Research in the field$365Ka year, NSF
Admit rate99%whole school

Around Southern Miss

Cook Library
Cook Library - panoramioPhoto: Aaron Manning · CC BY 3.0 · source
Owings-Mcquagge Hall
Owings-Mcquagge Hall - panoramioPhoto: Aaron Manning · CC BY 3.0 · source
Bennett Auditorium on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Ha
USM Bennett AuditoriumPhoto: Dudemanfellabra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
USM Campus, Hattiesburg
Student Union - The Hub (3298934722)Photo: hattiesburgmemory · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: USM Art Studio, Mannoni Performing Arts Center, Arthell Kelly Hall, Liberal Arts Building, Theater and Dance Building, Fine Arts Building, Museum of Art.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 49 · Dorm 9 · Chapel 7 · Athletics 3 · Arts 3 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Hamline University 50
  2. St. Mary's University 50
  3. Randolph College 50
  4. Washington & Jefferson College 50
  5. CUNY New York City College of Technology 49
  6. Anderson University (South Carolina) 49
  7. Central Connecticut State University 49
  8. Tennessee Technological University 49

Other strong majors at Southern Miss

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Southern Miss 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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