Museology Museum Studies

A program that focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to develop, prepare, organize, administer, conserve, store and retrieve artifacts, exhibits and entire collections in museums and galleries, and that prepares individuals to assume curatorial, technical and managerial positions in museums. Includes instruction in institutional management, acquisition, exhibit design, conservation, packing techniques, and public relations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 81 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2746 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

189

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

562

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,854

awards given

Top Schools for Museology Museum Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	360
2	George Washington University Washington, DC	219
3	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	189
4	New York University New York, NY	117
5	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	96
6	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	89
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	78
8	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	66
9	Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY	66
10	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	64
11	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	63
12	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	63
13	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	61
14	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	54
15	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	51
16	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	48
17	Tufts University Medford, MA	48
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	42
19	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	42
20	Georgetown University Washington, DC	39
21	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	39
22	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	36
23	University of Georgia Athens, GA	33
24	Baylor University Waco, TX	33
25	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	30
26	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	30
27	School of Visual Arts New York, NY	30
28	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	28
29	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	27
30	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	27
31	University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA	27
32	Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA	24
33	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	24
34	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	24
35	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	24
36	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	21
37	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	21
38	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	21
39	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	21
40	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	18
41	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	18
42	Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe, NM	18
43	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	18
44	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	18
45	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	18
46	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	16
47	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	15
48	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	15
49	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	15
50	Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA	12
51	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	12
52	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	12
53	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	12
54	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	12
55	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	12
56	Westminster College Fulton, MO	9
57	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL	9
58	Randolph College Lynchburg, VA	9
59	California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	9
60	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	8
61	Walsh University North Canton, OH	6
62	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	6
63	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	6
64	Tusculum University Greeneville, TN	6
65	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	6
66	Casper College Casper, WY	6
67	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	6
68	St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY	4
69	Augusta University Augusta, GA	4
70	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	3
71	Trinity College Hartford, CT	3
72	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	3
73	Savannah State University Savannah, GA	3
74	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	3
75	Bennington College Bennington, VT	3
76	Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN	3
77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	3
78	CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside, NY	3
79	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	3
80	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	3
81	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	3