2022 Best Value Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Museum Studies is the 262nd most popular major in the country with 859 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, museum studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,171 and had an average of $41,641 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 69 museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $17,625 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality museum studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the museum studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The 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 “Best Value Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree museum studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Museum Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s museum studies students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Museum Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Museum Studies at University of Kansas

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Museum Studies (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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