You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in archeology. It is ranked #302 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Archeology Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 degrees in archeology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The archeology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Archeology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Archeology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The archeology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Archeology Schools in Pennsylvania.
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The schools below may not offer all types of archeology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in archeology. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 archeology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Dickinson College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in archeology. Dickinson is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Carlisle. This college ranks 21st out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 5 archeology students who graduated with this degree at Dickinson in the most recent year we have data available.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a degree in archeology. IUP is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Indiana. This university ranks 54th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 7 archeology students who graduated with this degree at IUP in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The archeology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Archeology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Archeology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
