Archeology at Cornell University

If you plan to study archeology, take a look at what Cornell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Archeology section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Archeology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology
• Master’s Degree in Archeology

Cornell Archeology Rankings

The archeology major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Archeology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Archeology Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the archeology majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Archeology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of archeology bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% more racial-ethnic minorities in its archeology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in archeology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cornell Archeology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of archeology master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in archeology each year. Cornell does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a archeology master's degree from Cornell, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the archeology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in archeology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Archeology

If you plan to be a archeology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Archeology	3

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Archeology Grads May Go Into

A degree in archeology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	1,080	$112,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists	60	$67,860

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.