2024 Best Archeology Schools in Massachusetts

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in archeology. It is ranked #302 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. 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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Archeology Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 23 degrees in archeology to qualified students.

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Archeology Rankings by Degree Level

The archeology 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 Archeology Schools in Massachusetts. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Archeology in Massachusetts

The schools below may not offer all types of archeology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Archeology

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in archeology has to take a look at Boston University. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a degree in archeology from Boston University

2

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in archeology needs to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. UMass Boston is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boston.More information about a degree in archeology from University of Massachusetts - Boston

Best Archeology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Archeology Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	241	2
Maine	202	0
Rhode Island	200	4

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Archeology Related Rankings by Major

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	23

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Majors Similar to Archeology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	3,401
Political Science & Government	1,924
International Relations & National Security	1,181
Sociology	1,035
Anthropology	319
General Social Sciences	277
Geography & Cartography	192
Other Social Sciences	162
Urban Studies	47
Sociology & Anthropology	15

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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.