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2024 Best Archeology Schools in California

3 Colleges in California
48 Archeology Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in archeology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #302 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Archeology Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 degrees in archeology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Archeology School

Best Archeology Schools in California Your choice of archeology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Archeology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Archeology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Archeology
Master's Degrees in Archeology
Doctor's Degrees in Archeology

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Archeology Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Archeology 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 archeology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Archeology

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
14.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in archeology needs to check out University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were approximately 7 archeology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in archeology from University of California - Los Angeles

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA
60.0% Growth in Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in archeology. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 5 archeology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in archeology from University of Southern California

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA

It's hard to beat University of California - Santa Cruz if you want to pursue a degree in archeology. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. This university ranks 19th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 2 archeology students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in archeology from University of California - Santa Cruz

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Saint Mary's College of California if you want to pursue a degree in archeology. SMC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Moraga. This college ranks 30th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were roughly 2 archeology students who graduated with this degree at SMC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in archeology from Saint Mary’s College of California

Best Archeology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Archeology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Washington 300 27
Oregon 266 5

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One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Archeology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Archeology Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Archeology 48

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Sociology 15,499
Economics 10,520
General Social Sciences 9,318
Political Science & Government 8,530
Anthropology 2,822
International Relations & National Security 1,387
Geography & Cartography 1,251
Other Social Sciences 451
Urban Studies 361
Demography & Population Studies 34

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