by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Museology/Museum Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Museum Studies is a major offered under the multi / interdisciplinary studies program of study at Tufts University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in museum studies, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Tufts was $1,799 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $54,196 | $54,196 |
| Fees | $972 | $972 |
museum studies who receive their master’s degree from Tufts make an average of $36,674 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $33,171.
Online degrees for the Tufts museum studies master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tufts Online Learning page.
Women made up around 85.7% of the museum studies students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in museum studies at Tufts in 2019-2020, 14.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 20%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Museum Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Museology/Museum Studies | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to museum studies.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nutrition Science | 96 |
| Classical & Ancient Studies | 1 |
| Multicultural & Diversity Studies | 4 |
| Computational Science | 5 |
| Human Computer Interaction | 13 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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