2025 Best Archeology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of archeology. Combined, these schools handed out 59 bachelor's degrees in archeology to qualified students.

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 Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Archeology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Archeology

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

10 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in archeology. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in archeology from George Washington University

2

SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, NY

15 Annual Graduates

SUNY Potsdam is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in archeology. Located in the remote town of Potsdam, SUNY Potsdam is a public school with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in archeology from SUNY Potsdam

Best Archeology Colleges by State

Explore the best archeology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	25
Pennsylvania	274	19
Maryland	207	5
District of Columbia	126	10

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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	59

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	7,994
Political Science & Government	7,829
Sociology	3,747
International Relations & National Security	2,563
General Social Sciences	1,317
Anthropology	1,121
Other Social Sciences	589
Geography & Cartography	474
Urban Studies	260
Sociology & Anthropology	158

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.