Good Schools for Archaeology

Archaeologist
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:45:45 +0000

The big four for archaeology are Arizona, Berkeley, Michigan, and Penn. Lately one could make a stronger case for UCLA or Texas instead of Michigan, but Michigan has a longer tradition in archaeology and thus has better collections.

The following lists are far from complete but should give you a place to start. It is a bit difficult to give suggestions without knowing your grades and specific interests, but the lists include universities with varying foci and degrees of selectivity.

Publics
Arizona
ASU
Cincinnati
Florida
FSU
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota-Twin Cities
Missouri-Columbia
Ohio State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
SIUC
SUNY Albany
SUNY Stony Brook
Texas A&M (tops for underwater archaeology)
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSB
UIUC
UNC Chapel Hill
UT Austin
Washington
William & Mary
Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Privates
Boston U
Brown
Chicago
Cornell
Harvard
Johns Hopkins (old world only)
NYU (primarily old world)
Penn
Princeton (limited offerings)
Washington U
Yale

Small colleges
Bryn Mawr
Colgate
Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall
Haverford
Lycoming
Oberlin
Wesleyan