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2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,172 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for museum studies majors pursuing a .

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Museum Studies

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

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 city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for museum studies students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for museum studies students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Arizona are $35,153 a year.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Baylor are $50,232 a year.

Baylor excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Museum Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

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.

UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $25,243 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Museum Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best museum studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 17
Arizona 1
Oklahoma 7
New Mexico 17

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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).

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