2023 Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 339 people earned their degree in archeology, making the major the 302nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, archeology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,671 and had an average of $25,192 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 16 archeology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in archeology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in archeology.
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Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Archeology in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified ’s archeology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Mizzou Archeology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Archeology Major in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s archeology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Archeology at Washington University in St Louis
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.