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2026 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the New England Region

[Museum Studies](/majors/multi-interdisciplinary-studies/museum-studies/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 5 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for museum studies students.

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• Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the New England Region

2026 Best Value Museum Studies Schools in the New England Region

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the museum studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Museum Studies Schools

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

$61,676 In-State Tuition & Fees

$16,616 Avg Student Debt

$101,817 Median Earnings (10yr)

For return on investment in museum studies, no school beat Harvard University this year. Harvard University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge. In-state tuition and fees average $61,676. Museum Studies graduates carry a median of $16,616 in student loans. Early-career museum studies graduates make about $44,792. Set against $16,616 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 4%.

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

$70,704 In-State Tuition & Fees

$17,074 Avg Student Debt

$83,214 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Tufts University earned it the #2 place for museum studies. Tufts University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $70,704. Students borrow a median of $17,074 to complete the museum studies program here. Early-career museum studies graduates make about $31,434. That is a strong return on a $17,074 median debt. The acceptance rate is 12%.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 5 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 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.