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2026 Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools in Maryland

[Museology/Museum Studies](/majors/multi-interdisciplinary-studies/museum-studies/museology-museum-studies/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for museology/museum studies students.

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• Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools in Maryland

2026 Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools in Maryland

Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in museology/museum studies, balancing cost against outcomes.

Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools

1

University Of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD

$11,809 In-State Tuition & Fees

$20,836 Avg Student Debt

$82,860 Median Earnings (10yr)

For return on investment in museology/museum studies, no school beat University Of Maryland College Park this year. University Of Maryland College Park is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $11,809, compared with $41,186 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for museology/museum studies graduates is $20,836. Museology/museum Studies graduates of University Of Maryland College Park earn a median of $57,901 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $20,836 median debt. The acceptance rate is 45%.

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

$64,730 In-State Tuition & Fees

$13,426 Avg Student Debt

$87,555 Median Earnings (10yr)

Johns Hopkins University is a great value for students pursuing a degree in museology/museum studies, landing the #2 spot this year. Set in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University is a very large private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $64,730 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for museology/museum studies graduates is $13,426. Early-career museology/museum studies graduates make about $41,463. That is a strong return on a $13,426 median debt. Johns Hopkins University admits about 6% of applicants.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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.