2024 Best Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools in California
3Colleges in California
38Classical Civilization Degrees Awarded
Archaeology & Classical Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #947 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of archaeology & classical studies. Combined, these schools handed out 38 degrees in archaeology & classical studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Archaeology & Classical Studies School
The classical civilization program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Archaeology & Classical Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Archaeology & Classical Studies 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.
Archaeology & Classical Studies Rankings by Degree Level
The classical civilization 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 Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools in California.
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Best Schools for Archaeology & Classical Studies in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the classical civilization degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in archaeology & classical studies has to look into University of California - Berkeley. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 archaeology & classical studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in archaeology & classical studies. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 19 archaeology & classical studies students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in archaeology & classical studies needs to check out University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the suburb of Davis. This university ranks 13th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 6 archaeology & classical studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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