Archeology at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

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

UW - La Crosse is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and approximately 10,531 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 archeology majors received their bachelor's degree from UW - La Crosse.

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

UW - La Crosse Archeology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology

UW - La Crosse Archeology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the archeology progam at UW - La Crosse 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 UW - La Crosse 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
Best Value Archeology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Archeology Schools	2
	23

Earnings of UW - La Crosse Archeology Graduates

The median salary of archeology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - La Crosse is $27,671. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allarcheology bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Archeology Student Demographics at UW - La Crosse

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

UW - La Crosse Archeology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in archeology from UW - La Crosse. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in archeology at UW - La Crosse are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Economics
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	150	$72,540
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$55,720

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 Lacrossewi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.