2023 Best Value Archeology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Archeology School for You
Archeology is the #308 most popular major in the country with 339 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Archeology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for archeology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Archeology
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for archeology students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.
BYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Archeology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great value for archeology students. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $16,644 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Archeology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.
U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Archeology Colleges by State
Explore the best archeology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Utah | 14 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
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Archeology Related Majors for Archeology
One of 12 majors within the area of study, archeology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Archeology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| Sociology | 38,475 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- 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.