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2022 Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

2 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Archeology is the 295th most popular major in the country with 324 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, archeology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $19,700 and had an average of $20,521 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 17 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in archeology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great archeology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the archeology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Archeology (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s archeology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $75-$110k list, WUSTL has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Washington University in St Louis is $25,505 for plains states region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s archeology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $19,595 for plains states region bachelor’s degree archeology students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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