Museum Studies at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 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.

KU Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

KU Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Museum Studies Master’s Program

The museum studies program at KU awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museum studies each year. KU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from KU, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Biological & Physical Science
• Gerontology
• Multicultural & Diversity Studies
• Data Science
• International 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Museum Technicians and Conservators	160	$36,040
Curators	120	$50,630
Archivists	40	$42,860

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.