Archeology at Western Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a archeology school? To help you decide if Western Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's archeology program.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 archeology majors received their bachelor's degree from WWU.

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

WWU Archeology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology

WWU Archeology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks archeology programs across the country. The following shows how WWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The archeology major at WWU 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
	32

Archeology Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Archeology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Archeology from WWU in 2020-2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical archeology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in archeology at WWU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Western Washington University with a bachelor's in archeology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WWU 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
• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	270	$78,690
Anthropologists and Archeologists	190	$74,300

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.