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2023 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Museum Studies 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.

The Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for museum studies majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for museum studies students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for museum studies students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Eastern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for museum studies students. It came in at #7 on the list. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Museum Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for museum studies students. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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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 12 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).

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