Museology/Museum Studies at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

If you are interested in studying museology/museum studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Museology/Museum Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UW Seattle Museology/Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museology/Museum Studies

UW Seattle Museology/Museum Studies Rankings

Museology/Museum Studies Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museology/museum studies majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of museology/museum studies master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museology/museum studies each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museology/museum studies master's degree from UW Seattle, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museology/museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Museology/Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museology/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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Museum Technicians and Conservators	230	$46,300
Curators	220	$65,790
Archivists	150	$56,690

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.