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Walla Walla, WA · Art, music & theater

Art, music & theater at Whitman College

Whitman College graduates about 42 art, music & theater majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 38th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 87 out of 100.

87/100Standout#38 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year4213% of the class
Research in the field$285Ka year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school
SAT middle 50%1293–1473whole school

Around Whitman College

Cordiner Concert Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla
Cordiner Concert Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla (10899929284)Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
The OP-1 by Teenage Engineering
The OP-1 by Teenage EngineeringPhoto: justin lincoln · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
A teenager partakes in Beezin'
Beezin' BenPhoto: Luckyemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Soaring Stones (1990 granite-and-steel sculpture by John T. Young)
Soaring StonesPhoto: Bobjgalindo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hunter Conservatory, Cordiner Hall, Harper Joy Theatre, Fine Arts House, Fouts Center for the Visual Arts.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 10 · Dorm 7 · Arts 3 · Athletics 3 · Dining 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Colby College 88
  2. Loyola Marymount University 87
  3. Skidmore College 87
  4. Smith College 87
  5. Trinity College 87
  6. Reed College 87
  7. The University of Texas–Austin 86
  8. University of California, Berkeley 86

Other strong majors at Whitman College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Whitman College 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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