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Music at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 38 music majors a year. That puts it 16th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

92/100Standout#16 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year38under 1% of the class
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1400–1490whole school

Around Wisconsin

By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Agricultural Heating station
Agricultural Heating station - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hamel Music Center, Music Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Southern Methodist University 94
  2. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 93
  3. Dartmouth College 93
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  5. University of Virginia 92
  6. University of Pennsylvania 92
  7. University of California San Diego 92
  8. University of Georgia 91

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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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