2025 Best Museology/Museum Studies Schools in the New England Region

Museology/Museum Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #561 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for museology/museum studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 degrees in museology/museum studies annually.

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Pick Your Museology/Museum Studies Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Museology/Museum Studies Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Museology/Museum Studies in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the museology/museum studies degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Museology/Museum Studies

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Museology/Museum Studies Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in museology/museum studies needs to check out Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a degree in museology/museum studies from Harvard University

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

25.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in museology/museum studies needs to take a look at Tufts University. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.More information about a degree in museology/museum studies from Tufts University

Best Museology/Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museology/museum studies schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	58
Rhode Island	436	0
Vermont	352	2

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Museology/Museum Studies Related Rankings by Major

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.