2025 Best Archeology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in archeology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #257 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of archeology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in archeology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on archeology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other archeology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt archeology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized archeology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for archeology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Archeology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Archeology in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for archeology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Archeology

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in archeology. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a bachelor’s in archeology from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

19 Annual Graduates

$24,061 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Western Washington University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in archeology. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, archeology bachelor's recipients usually make around $24,061 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in archeology from Western Washington University

Best Archeology Colleges by State

Explore the best archeology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	10
Washington	226	26
Oregon	185	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Archeology

Archeology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Archeology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Archeology	53

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Sociology	9,100
Political Science & Government	7,268
Economics	7,112
Anthropology	2,050
General Social Sciences	1,574
International Relations & National Security	871
Geography & Cartography	716
Other Social Sciences	392
Urban Studies	308
Sociology & Anthropology	65

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.