2024 Best Museum Studies Schools in District of Columbia

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for museum studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 55 degrees in museum studies to qualified students.

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Museum Studies Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Museum Studies Schools in District of Columbia list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Museum Studies in District of Columbia

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

Top District of Columbia Schools in Museum Studies

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

$45,234 Median Starting Salary

$91,096 Median Student Debt

Georgetown University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in museum studies. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Degree recipients from the museum studies program at Georgetown University get $3,708 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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George Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Museum Studies Degrees Awarded

$37,818 Median Starting Salary

George Washington University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in museum studies. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.

Graduates who receive their degree from the museum studies program make around $37,818 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in museum studies from George Washington University

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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.