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Museology/Museum Studies at George Washington University

Museology/Museum Studies at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying museology/museum studies, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Museology/Museum Studies section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Museology/Museum Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Museology/Museum Studies

GWU Museology/Museum Studies Rankings

Museology/Museum Studies Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museology/museum studies majors at George Washington University.

GWU Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Program

83% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of museology/museum studies master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Of the students who received a museology/museum studies master's degree from GWU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in museology/museum studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 48
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Museology/Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museology/museum studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Museum Technicians and Conservators 460 $68,460
Archivists 220 $74,860
Curators 180 $86,080

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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