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2022 Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 324 people earned their degree in archeology, making the major the 678th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 70 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in archeology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent archeology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the archeology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Archeology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the #1 spot on the list. La Crosse, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s archeology degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

UW - La Crosse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is $9,795 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - La Crosse Archeology Report

#2

Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oberlin College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Oberlin, Ohio, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s archeology degrees in 2019-2020.

Oberlin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,560 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Archeology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Oberlin.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Oberlin Archeology Report

#3

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Illinois. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wheaton, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s archeology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois also took the #3 spot in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,212 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Archeology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wheaton College Illinois.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full Wheaton College Illinois Archeology Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s archeology students in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UC is $18,106 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UC Archeology Report

#5

The College of Wooster

Wooster, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #5 spot on the list. Wooster, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s archeology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Wooster College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The College of Wooster is $18,208 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Archeology at The College of Wooster

#6

University of Evansville

Evansville, Indiana
#6 in overall quality

University of Evansville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UE is a small school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 7 bachelors’s archeology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $30-$48k list, UE has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UE is $16,370 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Archeology at University of Evansville

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Notes and References

References

  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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