2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, museum studies was ranked #159 in the country. In fact 696 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Museum Studies

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

3 Graduate Certificates

#25 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$25,007 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in the Plains States Region for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

23 Graduate Certificates

#14 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$31,012 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for museum studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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