2024 Best Museology/Museum Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in museology/museum studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #237 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for museology/museum studies students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 26 master's degrees in museology/museum studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on museology/museum studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other museology/museum studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized museology/museum studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for museology/museum studies students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Museology/Museum Studies Schools

The museology/museum studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Museology/Museum Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Museology/Museum Studies in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in museology/museum studies.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Museology/Museum Studies

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Texas Tech University if you want to pursue a master's degree in museology/museum studies. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in museology/museum studies from Texas Tech University

2

Baylor University
Waco, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Baylor University is a good option for individuals interested in a master's degree in museology/museum studies. Located in the midsize city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in museology/museum studies from Baylor University

Best Museology/Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museology/museum studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	542	17
Arizona	322	0
Oklahoma	257	5
New Mexico	160	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Museology/Museum Studies

One of 0 majors within the Museum Studies area of study, Museology/Museum Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.