2025 Best Museology/Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Museology/Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 degrees in museology/museum studies annually.

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Pick Your Museology/Museum Studies Degree Level

The museology/museum studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Museology/Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Museology/Museum Studies in the Southwest Region

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.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Museology/Museum Studies

1

Baylor University
Waco, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Baylor University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in museology/museum studies. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco.More information about a degree in museology/museum studies from Baylor University

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

43.8% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in museology/museum studies needs to take a look at Texas Tech University. Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lubbock.More information about a degree in museology/museum studies from Texas Tech University

Best Museology/Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museology/museum studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	17
Arizona	670	0
Oklahoma	565	5
New Mexico	416	13

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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.