Museology/Museum Studies at University of Kansas

Every museology/museum studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the museology/museum studies program at University of Kansas stacks up to those at other schools.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year.

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.

KU Museology/Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museology/Museum Studies

KU Museology/Museum Studies Rankings

Museology/Museum Studies Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of museology/museum studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a museology/museum studies master's degree from KU, 63% 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 38% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Museum Technicians and Conservators	160	$36,040
Curators	120	$50,630
Archivists	40	$42,860

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.