2025 Best Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools

If you're seeking a degree in archaeology & classical studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #947 one in the country 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 160 degrees in archaeology & classical studies annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools List

Archaeology & Classical Studies Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Archaeology & Classical Studies Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. 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 Archaeology & Classical Studies in the United States

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

Top Schools in Classical Civilization

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40.9% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in archaeology & classical studies has to check out University of California - Berkeley. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in archaeology & classical studies from University of California - Berkeley

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in archaeology & classical studies. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a degree in archaeology & classical studies from University of California - Los Angeles

Archaeology & Classical Studies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Classical Civilization

Archaeology & Classical Studies is one of 2 different types of Classical & Ancient Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ancient Studies/Civilization	118

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Benh LIEU SONG.

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