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Art, music & theater at UW

UW graduates about 304 art, music & theater majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 50th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $50,000 four years out, 1.39× what the same major pays nationally.

85/100Standout#50 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year3044% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$50,0001.39× the same major nationally
Research in the field$386Ka year, NSF
Admit rate39%whole school

Around UW

Music Building - stairs
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Kalmia latifolia at University of Washington. Exact location not certain.
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University of Washington, Seattle, United States, March 2022
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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Ethnic Cultural Theater, Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse, Hughes Penthouse Theater, Art Building, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Music Building, University of Washington Ceramic and Metal Arts Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 139 · Dorm 32 · Athletics 16 · Student housing 12 · Library 6 · Arts 5.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Stanford University 86
  2. Lafayette College 86
  3. University of California, Davis 85
  4. University of California, Los Angeles 85
  5. Texas Christian University 85
  6. Barnard College 85
  7. Connecticut College 85
  8. Wake Forest University 85

Other strong majors at UW

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UW 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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