2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Archaeology & Classical Studies in the Far Western US Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 138 people earned their degree in archaeology and classical studies, making the major the 947th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 38 archaeology and classical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 archaeology and classical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in archaeology and classical studies. That schools that top this list have a program in archaeology and classical studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Archaeology & Classical Studies in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, La Sierra University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s classical civilization degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full La Sierra Archaeology & Classical Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Civilization Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s classical civilization degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Archaeology & Classical Studies at UC Berkeley
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- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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