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2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$28,179 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,746 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Museum Studies is the #159 most popular major in the country with 696 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for museum studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Museum Studies

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for museum studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . SIUE is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Museum Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 per year.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Museum Studies at Michigan State University

Best Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museum studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 19
Illinois 34
Ohio 8
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 7

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

Majors Similar to Museum Studies

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 6 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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