2025 Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

If you're seeking a degree in museum studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #275 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of museum studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 degrees in museum studies annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Museum Studies Schools List

Pick Your Museum Studies Degree Level

The 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 Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Museum Studies in the Southwest Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the museum studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Museum Studies

1

Baylor University
Waco, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Baylor University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in museum studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in museum studies from Baylor University

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

43.8% Growth in Graduates

$32,400 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in museum studies has to take a look at Texas Tech University. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, museum studies degree recipients typically make about $32,400 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a degree in museum studies from Texas Tech University

Best Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museum studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	317	17
Arizona	287	0
Oklahoma	257	5
New Mexico	219	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Museum Studies

Museum Studies is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Museum Studies Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Museology/Museum Studies	76

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Majors Similar to Museum Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8,895
Biological & Physical Science	1,649
Interdisciplinary Studies	1,365
Natural Sciences	1,094
International Studies	1,060
Nutrition Science	952
Behavioral Science	803
Data Analytics	281
Sustainability Science	222
Data Science	150

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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.