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Art, music & theater at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt graduates about 98 art, music & theater majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $59,000 four years out, 1.38× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $8 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#3 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year986% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$59,0001.38× the same major nationally
Research in the field$8Ma year, NSF
Admit rate6%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Neely Auditorium, Martha River Ingram Center for the Performing Arts, Medical Arts, Langford Auditorium, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, Tibbot Art Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 83 · Dorm 40 · Student housing 10 · Athletics 7 · Arts 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Southern California 96
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 96
  3. New York University 95
  4. Northwestern University 95
  5. Dartmouth College 95
  6. Williams College 95
  7. Swarthmore College 95
  8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Vanderbilt 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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