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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in museum studies from RIT.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the museum studies progam at RIT compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Museum Studies Schools	27

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in museum studies from RIT. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in museum studies at RIT are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its museum studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT also has a doctoral program available in museum studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.