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2022 Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 70 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,700 and $20,521 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent archeology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the archeology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Archeology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Illinois. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Archeology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wheaton, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Archeology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424.

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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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