2024 Best Museum Studies Schools in District of Columbia
2Colleges in District of Columbia
65Museum Studies Degrees Awarded
$41,526Avg Early-Career Salary
Museum Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #275 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for museum studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 65 degrees in museum studies to qualified students.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Museum Studies Schools in District of Columbia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Museum Studies in District of Columbia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the museum studies degree levels they offer.
Top District of Columbia Schools in Museum Studies
Georgetown University is a good option for students interested in a degree in museum studies. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Degree recipients from the museum studies major at Georgetown University make $3,708 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
George Washington University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in museum studies. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.
Students who receive their degree from the museum studies program earn about $37,818 in the first couple years of working.
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).
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