Museum Studies at Georgetown University

What traits are you looking for in a museum studies school? To help you decide if Georgetown University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's museum studies program.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received their master's degree in museum studies.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Museum Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Georgetown Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

Georgetown Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at Georgetown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museum studies majors at Georgetown University.

Georgetown Museum Studies Master’s Program

Of the 12 museum studies students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgetown, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Georgetown, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgetown University with a master's in museum studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Gerontology
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
• Science, Technology & Society
• Computational Science

Careers That Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museum studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Museum Technicians and Conservators	460	$68,460
Archivists	220	$74,860
Curators	180	$86,080

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.