A degree in museology/museum studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #561 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of museology/museum studies. Combined, these schools handed out 836 degrees in museology/museum studies to qualified students.
The museology/museum studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Museology/Museum Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Museology/Museum Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Museology/Museum Studies in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of museology/museum studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in museology/museum studies has to check out Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
Johns Hopkins University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in museology/museum studies. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 115 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
New York University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in museology/museum studies. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in museology/museum studies needs to take a look at Tufts University. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 20 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 33 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 19 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year.
Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. This university ranks 6th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 8 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lubbock. This university ranks 8th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 16 museology/museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The museology/museum studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Museology/Museum Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Museology/Museum Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
