Museum Studies at Tufts University

If you plan to study museum studies, take a look at what Tufts University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 students attend the school each year.

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.

Tufts Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

Tufts Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at Tufts

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

Tufts Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of museum studies master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Tufts, 69% 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 Tufts University with a master's in museum studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Museum Studies

The following museum studies concentations are available at Tufts University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Tufts University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Museology/Museum Studies	15

Related Majors

• Classical & Ancient Studies
• International Studies
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Multicultural & Diversity Studies
• 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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Museum Technicians and Conservators	580	$56,100
Curators	520	$68,240
Archivists	230	$63,270

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.