Museology/Museum Studies at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349.

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.

SFSU Museology/Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museology/Museum Studies

SFSU Museology/Museum Studies Rankings

Museology/Museum Studies Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of museology/museum studies master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museology/museum studies each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museology/museum studies master's degree from SFSU, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museology/museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 CA, the home state for San Francisco State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
Curators	1,140	$67,650
Archivists	380	$72,240

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 Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.