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Music at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 22 music majors a year. That puts it 71st of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally.

83/100Standout#71 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year22under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$489Ka year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Burruss Hall, at the head of the Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Bl
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Williams Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Stephen Davis speaking with attendees at the Virginia Tech tour stop of "This Is
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Pamplin Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Washington University in St. Louis 84
  2. Hofstra University 84
  3. University of Iowa 83
  4. University of North Carolina at Charlotte 83
  5. Wellesley College 83
  6. Elon University 83
  7. Colgate University 83
  8. University of South Carolina 83

Other strong majors at Virginia Tech

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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