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Museology/Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study Museology/Museum Studies, consider the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Rochester Institute of Technology is located in Rochester, NY.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 12 museology/museum studies degrees were granted at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Studying Online at Rochester Institute of Technology

Online coursework is an option at Rochester Institute of Technology. Among 17,098 students, 540 (3%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 4,319 (25%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Museology/Museum Studies graduates at Rochester Institute of Technology, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Museology/Museum Studies graduates at Rochester Institute of Technology are 92% women (11) and 8% men (1).

Museology/Museum Studies Bachelor’s Program at Rochester Institute of Technology

Among the 12 bachelor’s museology/museum studies degrees awarded at Rochester Institute of Technology, 92% were women (11) and 8% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Museology/Museum Studies bachelor’s degree recipients at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	10
Black / African American	1
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 8% of Museology/Museum Studies bachelor’s degree recipients at Rochester Institute of Technology, below the national average of 20%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for Museology/Museum Studies Graduates

Graduates of the Museology/Museum Studies program at Rochester Institute of Technology go on to a range of careers. Below are the top-paying careers for Museology/Museum Studies majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$96,273
Curators	$79,764
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Archivists	$53,759

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.