A program that focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to develop, prepare, organize, administer, conserve, store and retrieve artifacts, exhibits and entire collections in museums and galleries, and that prepares individuals to assume curatorial, technical and managerial positions in museums. Includes instruction in institutional management, acquisition, exhibit design, conservation, packing techniques, and public relations.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | 117 | 1% | $71,901 |
| 2 | George Washington University | 84 | 1% | $71,930 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 45 | 1% | $71,650 |
| 4 | New York University | 37 | 0% | $73,566 |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 32 | 0% | $27,638 |
| 6 | University of Iowa | 21 | 0% | $24,239 |
| 7 | University of San Francisco | 20 | 1% | $68,296 |
| 8 | Georgetown University | 20 | 0% | $73,840 |
| 9 | Western Illinois University | 19 | 1% | $25,997 |
| 10 | SUNY Oneonta | 19 | 1% | $25,028 |
| 11 | Syracuse University | 17 | 0% | $70,636 |
| 12 | Tufts University | 17 | 1% | $73,500 |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 17 | 0% | $24,472 |
| 14 | Seton Hall University | 17 | 1% | $59,670 |
| 15 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16 | 0% | $28,986 |
| 16 | John F. Kennedy University | 15 | 6% | $8,500 |
| 17 | Southern University at New Orleans | 14 | 3% | $21,353 |
| 18 | The University of the Arts | 13 | 3% | $67,741 |
| 19 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 12 | 0% | $22,537 |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12 | 0% | $24,486 |
| 21 | 11 | 0% | $27,480 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 10 | 0% | $30,866 |
| 23 | University of Oregon | 10 | 0% | $27,366 |
| 24 | Drexel University | 9 | 0% | $70,223 |
| 25 | University of Kansas | 8 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 26 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 8 | 0% | $22,639 |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 8 | 0% | $25,423 |
| 28 | School of Visual Arts | 8 | 1% | $66,768 |
| 29 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 8 | 0% | $57,401 |
| 30 | University of West Georgia | 8 | 0% | $24,396 |
| 31 | John Tyler Community College | 7 | 0% | $6,220 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 7 | 1% | $33,396 |
| 33 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 6 | 10% | $21,384 |
| 34 | California College of the Arts | 6 | 1% | $67,074 |
| 35 | University of Florida | 6 | 0% | $21,211 |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 5 | 0% | $25,637 |
| 37 | SUNY Buffalo State | 5 | 0% | $25,846 |
| 38 | University of Akron Main Campus | 5 | 0% | $27,279 |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | 5 | 0% | $31,044 |
| 40 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 5 | 0% | $24,220 |
| 41 | Baylor University | 4 | 0% | $62,527 |
| 42 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 43 | Walsh University | 3 | 0% | $44,236 |
| 44 | 3 | 0% | $29,045 | |
| 45 | 3 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 46 | St John's University-New York | 3 | 0% | $61,408 |
| 47 | CUNY Queensborough Community College | 3 | 0% | $6,574 |
| 48 | Tusculum University | 3 | 1% | $40,780 |
| 49 | Moore College of Art and Design | 3 | 3% | $60,292 |
| 50 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 0% | $24,614 |
| 51 | University of St Thomas | 3 | 0% | $56,664 |
| 52 | University of South Dakota | 3 | 0% | $22,856 |
| 53 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 3 | 0% | $28,301 |
| 54 | University of Tulsa | 3 | 0% | $59,725 |
| 55 | Massasoit Community College | 2 | 0% | $6,264 |
| 56 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 2 | 0% | $27,476 |
| 57 | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2 | 0% | $18,776 |
| 58 | Saint John Fisher College | 2 | 0% | $49,210 |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 2 | 0% | $27,146 |
| 60 | 2 | 0% | $24,101 | |
| 61 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 1 | 0% | $24,894 |
| 62 | Arizona State University-Tempe | 1 | 0% | $28,048 |
| 63 | Casper College | 1 | 0% | $13,132 |
| 64 | 1 | 0% | $25,116 | |
| 65 | 1 | 0% | $22,964 | |
| 66 | 1 | 0% | $27,758 | |
| 67 | San Francisco Art Institute | 1 | 1% | $71,069 |
| 68 | Juniata College | 1 | 0% | $60,368 |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 1 | 0% | $29,217 |
| 70 | Concordia College at Moorhead | 1 | 0% | $51,798 |
| 71 | CUNY Hunter College | 1 | 0% | $22,379 |
| 72 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 | 0% | $26,196 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Museology/Museum Studies program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.