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Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying museum studies, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year.

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.

RIT Museum Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Museum Studies

RIT Museum Studies Rankings

The museum studies major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Museum Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Museum Studies Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museum studies majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Museum Studies Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of museum studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in museum studies at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in museum studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Museum Studies

If you plan to be a museum studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rochester Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Museology/Museum Studies 10

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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Curators 1,570 $73,850
Museum Technicians and Conservators 1,490 $56,040
Archivists 1,170 $56,270

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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