Museum Studies at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a museum studies school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's museum studies program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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.

UW Seattle Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

UW Seattle Museum Studies Rankings

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Museum Studies Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the museum studies majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Museum Studies Master’s Program

The museum studies program at UW Seattle awarded 34 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from UW Seattle, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Sustainability Science
• Behavioral Science
• Human Computer Interaction
• Nutrition Science

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Museum Technicians and Conservators	230	$46,300
Curators	220	$65,790
Archivists	150	$56,690

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.