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2024 Best Museum Studies Schools in New York

3 Colleges in New York
117 Museum Studies Degrees Awarded
$34,789 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in museum studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #275 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Museum Studies Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 117 degrees in museum studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Museum Studies School

Best Museum Studies Schools in New York The museum studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Museum Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Museum Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Master's Degrees in Museum Studies

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Best Schools for Museum Studies in New York

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the museum studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top New York Schools in Museum Studies

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New York University
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
31 Museum Studies Degrees Awarded

New York University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in museum studies. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 31 museum studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in museum studies. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 16 museum studies students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year. After graduation, museum studies degree recipients typically make around $29,631 in the first five years of their career.

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SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
$36,392 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in museum studies has to check out SUNY Oneonta. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta. This school ranks 73rd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 19 museum studies students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Oneonta in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the museum studies program make around $36,392 in the first couple years of working.

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Best Museum Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Museum Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 14
Maryland 279 111
New Jersey 273 5
District of Columbia 188 49

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Museum Studies is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Museum Studies Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Museology/Museum Studies 117

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Majors Similar to Museum Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 947
Human Biology 713
Interdisciplinary Studies 392
Nutrition Science 355
Sustainability Science 334
Science, Technology & Society 333
Biological & Physical Science 322
Behavioral Science 284
Systems Theory 208
Natural Sciences 158

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