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Music at UW

UW graduates about 20 music majors a year. That puts it 43rd of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 87 out of 100.

87/100Standout#43 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year20under 1% of the class
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.
Kalmia latifolia at University of Washington 1Photo: Gayest Frogs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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University of Washington, Seattle, United States, March 2022
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Where music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Music Building, Douglas Research Conservatory.

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 music ranking

  1. Texas Tech University 88
  2. University of Utah 88
  3. Brandeis University 88
  4. James Madison University 87
  5. The University of Texas–Austin 87
  6. Tulane University of Louisiana 87
  7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 87
  8. University of Tennessee–Knoxville 87

Other strong majors at UW

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UW with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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