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2023 Best Value Archeology Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$45,110 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,671 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Archeology School for You

In 2020-2021, 66 people earned a degree or certificate in archeology, making the major the #275 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Archeology Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for archeology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Archeology Schools in the United States

Check out the archeology programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Archeology Schools

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best value school for archeology students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cornell are $61,015 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cornell is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

Read full report on Archeology at Cornell University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for archeology students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas A&M College Station also is in the top 10% of our Best Archeology Schools ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Archeology Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCLA are $43,012 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

Full Archeology at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Archeology Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UPenn are $61,710 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UPenn is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

Full Archeology at University of Pennsylvania Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Archeology Schools list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $39,906 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW Seattle also did well on our Best Archeology Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Archeology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value archeology programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $30,450 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

Read full report on Archeology at University of Missouri - Columbia

$18,897 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Archeology Schools list. Located in the distant town of Indiana, IUP is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUP are $18,897 per year.

Read full report on Archeology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

#8

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value archeology programs. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Brown are $62,304 a year.

Brown excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

Read full report on Archeology at Brown University

$35,139 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for archeology students. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Boston are $35,139 per year.

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#10

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Archeology Schools list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools list.

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Archeology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Archeology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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