CIP 30.1401 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Museology/Museum Studies.

A program that focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to develop, prepare, organize, administer, conserve, store and retrieve artifacts, exhibits and entire collections in museums and galleries, and that prepares individuals to assume curatorial, technical and managerial positions in museums. Includes instruction in institutional management, acquisition, exhibit design, conservation, packing techniques, and public relations.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Museology/Museum Studies award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 30.1401. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Certificate 1–2 years	4	21
2025	Associate degree	2	4
2025	Bachelor degree	11	41
2025	Postbaccalaureate certificate	27	164
2025	Master degree	34	542
2025	Post-master certificate	2	20
2025	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	11	97
2024	Certificate 1–2 years	3	18
2024	Associate degree	2	2
2024	Bachelor degree	12	42
2024	Postbaccalaureate certificate	30	175
2024	Master degree	32	506
2024	Post-master certificate	3	15
2024	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	8	65
2023	Certificate 1–2 years	3	12
2023	Associate degree	2	3
2023	Bachelor degree	10	25
2023	Postbaccalaureate certificate	30	189
2023	Master degree	34	562
2023	Post-master certificate	2	21
2023	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	12	70
2022	Certificate 1–2 years	3	15
2022	Associate degree	3	9
2022	Bachelor degree	11	34
2022	Postbaccalaureate certificate	27	165
2022	Master degree	34	536
2022	Post-master certificate	2	4
2022	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	1
2022	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	11	60
2021	Certificate 1–2 years	3	11
2021	Associate degree	2	2
2021	Bachelor degree	12	33
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	29	186
2021	Master degree	33	490
2021	Post-master certificate	3	20
2021	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	9	68
2020	Certificate 1–2 years	3	10
2020	Associate degree	3	6
2020	Bachelor degree	11	39
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	30	173
2020	Master degree	35	549
2020	Post-master certificate	2	13
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	7	79

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 30.1401 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 30 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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