2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Museum Studies School for You
Museum Studies is the #259 most popular major in the country with 816 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for museum studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Museum Studies
Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for museum studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin also made our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.
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The excellent programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best museum studies schools in the Southwest Region . Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Baylor are $50,232 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Baylor also did well on our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.
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Request InformationBest Museum Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best museum studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 17 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 7 |
| New Mexico | 17 |
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Majors Related to Museum Studies
One of 44 majors within the area of study, museum studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Museum Studies
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 34,975 |
| Biological & Physical Science | 30,075 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 9,074 |
| International Studies | 7,368 |
| Nutrition Science | 5,330 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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.