2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Museum Studies in District of Columbia

Museum Studies isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #141 in popularity out of 326 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the most popular for museum studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 master's degrees in museum studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for museum studies.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Museum Studies in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in museum studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Museum Studies Students Working on Their Master's

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

47 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at George Washington University if you want to pursue a master's degree in museum studies. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in museum studies in District of Columbia.

Soon after graduation, museum studies master's recipients usually earn an average of $41,200 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in museum studies from George Washington University

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC

16 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Georgetown University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in museum studies. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in museum studies in District of Columbia. More information about a master’s in museum studies from Georgetown University

Best Museum Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	249	107
Pennsylvania	238	16
Maryland	190	87
New Jersey	178	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Museum Studies

Museum Studies is one of 44 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Museum Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	64
Computational Science	63
Science, Technology & Society	58
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	11
Gerontology	5
Nutrition Science	3

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.