Museum Studies at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

UF Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of museum studies master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Museum Studies

Museum Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Museology/Museum Studies	5

Related Majors

• Nutrition Science
• Historic Preservation
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Curators	680	$46,570
Museum Technicians and Conservators	400	$41,600
Archivists	130	$46,370

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.