2022 Best Value Colleges for Archeology in Washington (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 29 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in archeology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality archeology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Archeology in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$13,297 Average Net Price

$56,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s archeology degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Archeology Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $13,297 for Washington Archeology students with aid per year to attend UW Seattle.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Archeology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$16,529 Average Net Price

$34,178 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Archeology Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. Bellingham, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s archeology degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

WWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Archeology Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for WWU is $16,529 for Washington Archeology students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Archeology at Western Washington University

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• Best Value Colleges for Archeology (With Aid)

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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