Museum Studies at Johns Hopkins University

If you are interested in studying museum studies, you may want to check out the program at Johns Hopkins University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890.

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.

Johns Hopkins Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

Johns Hopkins Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of museum studies master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museum studies each year. Johns Hopkins does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 73% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a master's in museum studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	81
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Museum Studies

If you plan to be a museum studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Johns Hopkins University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Museology/Museum Studies	117

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Gerontology
• Historic Preservation
• Cognitive 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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Archivists	430	$67,360
Museum Technicians and Conservators	430	$66,300
Curators	150	$62,370

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.