2023 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools
Finding the Best Museum Studies 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.
The Most Popular Museum Studies Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 65 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Museum Studies program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for museum studies majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular school in the United States for museum studies students. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Out of the 65 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best museum studies schools in the United States. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
The excellent programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best museum studies schools in the United States. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.
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Out of the 65 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
University of Iowa ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Museum Studies Schools list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.
SUNY Oneonta landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular museum studies programs. SUNY Oneonta is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Oneonta.
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Museum Studies Schools ranking. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.
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University of San Francisco landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular museum studies programs. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular museum studies programs. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Museum Studies students that almost earned our Most Popular Museum Studies Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI |
11 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY |
13 | Tufts University | Medford, MA |
Museum Studies by Region
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Majors Related to Museum Studies
One of 36 majors within the area of study, museum studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 26 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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