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2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

20 Colleges
$31,662 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,746 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 696 people earned a degree or certificate in museum studies, making the major the #159 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for museum studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the museum studies graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in the United States for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value museum studies schools in the United States. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GWU also is in the top 10% of our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#6

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

With a ranking of #6, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for museum studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NYU also is in the top 20% of our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate museum studies programs. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

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University of Maryland - College Park landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate museum studies programs. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Florida International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for museum studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.

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Museum Studies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 36 majors within the area of study, museum studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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