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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$41,323 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 816 people earned their degree in museum studies, making the major the 275th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, museum studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,570 and had an average of $20,531 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 68 museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,323 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in museum studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their museum studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree museum studies students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Museum Studies in the Far Western US Region

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California College of the Arts
San Francisco, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California College of the Arts. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 3 masters’s museum studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Museum Studies at California College of the Arts

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University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. University of San Francisco is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 19 masters’s museum studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Museum Studies at University of San Francisco

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 34 masters’s museum studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Museum Studies Report

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San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #4 spot on the list. San Francisco State University is a large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 9 masters’s museum studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Museum Studies at San Francisco State University

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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Museum Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. SFAI is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s museum studies degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Museum Studies at San Francisco Art Institute

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