Join Bank Street’s collaborative and supportive educational community. Earn your master’s degree and gain professional preparation to become a leader who work with the vibrant, diverse learning communities inside our museums and cultural institutions.
Bank Street’s programs prepare you to become a sought-after and confident educational leader who can help advance multicultural access and interest in science, art, history, and more through museum and cultural education programs.
At Bank Street, we believe education is an investment that will change your life—and the lives of the students you’ll work with. We’ll help you make it possible.
Every year, Bank Street’s Office of Financial Aid administers over $8.5 million in financial aid to students. More than 50 percent of our students receive financial aid. Your individual financial status from the prior year is a key factor in determining your award. We encourage you to go through the financial aid process to find out what we can offer.
Your individual financial status from the prior year is a key factor in determining your award. Incoming students who earn up to $80,000 a year (or significantly more for students with families) are likely to qualify for a need-based scholarship at Bank Street. Our scholarship program makes the cost of attending Bank Street Graduate School of Education competitive with most other private schools in the New York region.
You can apply for financial aid at the same time you complete your admission application. Filling out the FAFSA as early as possible is an important step for financial aid. Federal student aid, including scholarships, can significantly reduce your financial obligation without adding to student debt.
Our financial aid advisors would be happy to tell you more about the process and our many scholarship opportunities for new and continuing students, including external scholarships and program-based, diversity-oriented, public school-focused, and career changer scholarships, among others.
Bank Street’s re-envisioned museum studies programs will place you at the forefront of a rapidly changing field that’s embracing educational change through diversity, inclusion, and access.
In a field that experiences high turnover rates due to underprepared teachers, Bank Street is proud that 87% of its graduates remain in the field of education and 87% feel more confident in their subject area than comparison teachers.
Between 2020-30, the job outlook for museum professionals is expected to grow is projected to grow 19%—the average rate of growth for all other professions is 5%. Graduates of our museum studies program are well-positioned to lead in this forward-looking field.
