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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

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

The museum studies program at Tufts awarded 13 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Tufts, 85% were white. This is above average 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	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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.