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. In 2021, 1 archeology major received their bachelor's degree from Cornell.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the archeology progam at Cornell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Archeology Schools	32

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in archeology from Cornell. This makes it the #8 most popular school for archeology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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, 100% of archeology bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cornell Archeology Master’s Program

Of the 2 archeology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a archeology master's degree from Cornell, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in archeology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.