2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Museum Studies School for You

With 31 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, museum studies is the #268 most popular major in California.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Museum Studies Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for museum studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in California

Check out the museum studies programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Museum Studies

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

9 Degrees

$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for museum studies students who want to pursue a degree in California. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Museum Studies at San Francisco State University Report

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

19 Degrees

#18 in Quality in California

$53,472 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of San Francisco helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best museum studies schools in California. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USFCA are $53,472 a year.

USFCA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Schools in California list.

Full Museum Studies at University of San Francisco Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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