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 | SUNY Oneonta | 19 | 1% | $25,028 |
| 10 | Western Illinois University | 19 | 1% | $25,997 |
| 11 | Tufts University | 17 | 1% | $73,500 |
| 12 | Syracuse University | 17 | 0% | $70,636 |
| 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 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12 | 0% | $24,486 |
| 20 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 12 | 0% | $22,537 |
| 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 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 8 | 0% | $57,401 |
| 26 | University of West Georgia | 8 | 0% | $24,396 |
| 27 | University of Kansas | 8 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 28 | School of Visual Arts | 8 | 1% | $66,768 |
| 29 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 8 | 0% | $22,639 |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 8 | 0% | $25,423 |
| 31 | John Tyler Community College | 7 | 0% | $6,220 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 7 | 1% | $33,396 |
| 33 | California College of the Arts | 6 | 1% | $67,074 |
| 34 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 6 | 10% | $21,384 |
| 35 | University of Florida | 6 | 0% | $21,211 |
| 36 | University of Akron Main Campus | 5 | 0% | $27,279 |
| 37 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 5 | 0% | $24,220 |
| 38 | SUNY Buffalo State | 5 | 0% | $25,846 |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | 5 | 0% | $31,044 |
| 40 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 5 | 0% | $25,637 |
| 41 | Baylor University | 4 | 0% | $62,527 |
| 42 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 43 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 3 | 0% | $28,301 |
| 44 | 3 | 0% | $29,045 | |
| 45 | 3 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 46 | University of Tulsa | 3 | 0% | $59,725 |
| 47 | University of South Dakota | 3 | 0% | $22,856 |
| 48 | University of St Thomas | 3 | 0% | $56,664 |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 0% | $24,614 |
| 50 | St John's University-New York | 3 | 0% | $61,408 |
| 51 | Moore College of Art and Design | 3 | 3% | $60,292 |
| 52 | Tusculum University | 3 | 1% | $40,780 |
| 53 | Walsh University | 3 | 0% | $44,236 |
| 54 | CUNY Queensborough Community College | 3 | 0% | $6,574 |
| 55 | Massasoit Community College | 2 | 0% | $6,264 |
| 56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 2 | 0% | $27,146 |
| 57 | Saint John Fisher College | 2 | 0% | $49,210 |
| 58 | 2 | 0% | $24,101 | |
| 59 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 2 | 0% | $27,476 |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2 | 0% | $18,776 |
| 61 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 1 | 0% | $24,894 |
| 62 | Juniata College | 1 | 0% | $60,368 |
| 63 | San Francisco Art Institute | 1 | 1% | $71,069 |
| 64 | 1 | 0% | $27,758 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 1 | 0% | $29,217 |
| 66 | 1 | 0% | $22,964 | |
| 67 | 1 | 0% | $25,116 | |
| 68 | CUNY Hunter College | 1 | 0% | $22,379 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 | 0% | $26,196 |
| 70 | Casper College | 1 | 0% | $13,132 |
| 71 | Concordia College at Moorhead | 1 | 0% | $51,798 |
| 72 | Arizona State University-Tempe | 1 | 0% | $28,048 |
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.