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Art, music & theater at WashU

WashU graduates about 145 art, music & theater majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $68,000 four years out, 1.32× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year1458% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$68,0001.32× the same major nationally
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around WashU

Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis (Schools at Washington U
Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,I Gusti Nyoman Haris PraPhoto: MKRI22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Gaylord Music Library, Music Classroom Building, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Wesleyan University 93
  2. University of Notre Dame 93
  3. Brown University 93
  4. Carleton College 93
  5. Yale University 92
  6. Hamilton College 92
  7. Amherst College 92
  8. Chapman University 91

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU 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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