2024 Best Archeology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Archeologymaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #267 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Archeology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 master's degrees in archeology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Archeology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of archeology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to archeology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of archeology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt archeology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized archeology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for archeology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Archeology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Archeology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Archeology in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in archeology.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Archeology

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Yale University
New Haven, CT

Yale University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in archeology. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in archeology from Yale University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

5 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in archeology. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a master’s in archeology from Boston University

3

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

5 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in archeology has to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. UMass Boston is a large public university located in the city of Boston.More information about a master’s in archeology from University of Massachusetts - Boston

Best Archeology Colleges by State

Explore the best archeology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	10
Rhode Island	127	0

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Archeology Related Rankings by Major

Archeology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Archeology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Archeology	10

Majors Similar to Archeology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	702
International Relations & National Security	653
Political Science & Government	195
Geography & Cartography	83
Sociology	60
Anthropology	53
Urban Studies	29
Other Social Sciences	23
General Social Sciences	4

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.