Classical & Ancient Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #309 out of the 395 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Classical & Ancient Studies Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 278 degrees in classical & ancient studies annually.
Choosing a Great Classical & Ancient Studies School
Your choice of classical & ancient studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Classical & Ancient Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Classical & Ancient Studies Rankings by Degree Level
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 Classical & Ancient Studies Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Classical & Ancient Studies in the United States
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 classics degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in classical & ancient studies. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 classical & ancient studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a degree in classical & ancient studies. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 classical & ancient studies students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Los Angeles is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in classical & ancient studies. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 17 classical & ancient studies students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in classical & ancient studies. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. This university ranks 1st out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 5 classical & ancient studies students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of classical & ancient studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Classical & Ancient Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
