Museum Studies at Harvard University

If you plan to study museum studies, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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

Harvard Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Harvard does offer online education options in museum studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Harvard Museum Studies Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Museum Studies Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museum studies majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Museum Studies Master’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a master's degree in Museum Studies from Harvard in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museum studies each year. Harvard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Harvard, 69% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Medieval Studies
• Classical & Ancient Studies
• Historic Preservation
• Systems Theory
• Behavioral Science

Careers That Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Museum Technicians and Conservators	580	$56,100
Curators	520	$68,240
Archivists	230	$63,270

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.