52 Best colleges for Archaeology in Ohio

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Archaeology. A graph of 2.65M citations received by 91.4K academic papers made by 52 universities in Ohio was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#19 in the United States

#21 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 80%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Archaeology

#75 in the United States

#91 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,000

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#77 in the United States

#93 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 88%

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Archaeology

#141 in the United States

#165 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Archaeology

#160 in the United States

#184 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 98%

6. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Archaeology

#181 in the United States

#208 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 99%

7. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Archaeology

#191 in the United States

#220 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 92%

8. University of Akron

Akron

For Archaeology

#197 in the United States

#227 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 97%

9. Wright State University

Dayton

For Archaeology

#205 in the United States

#236 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $8,942
Enrollment: 10,603

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Archaeology

#241 in the United States

#273 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,795
Enrollment: 14,074

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Archaeology

#257 in the United States

#292 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,794

12. Capital University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#286 in the United States

#326 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,395

13. Urbana University

Urbana

For Archaeology

#300 in the United States

#341 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Net Price: $21,774
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,344

14. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Archaeology

#302 in the United States

#344 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $51,624

15. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Archaeology

#355 in the United States

#400 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,029
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1973

16. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Archaeology

#378 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $19,447
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,363

17. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Archaeology

#391 in the United States

#438 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,070
Male:Female: 81:19
Founded: 1919

18. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Archaeology

#456 in the United States

#507 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

19. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Archaeology

#473 in the United States

#525 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1431
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $46,859

20. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Archaeology

#477 in the United States

#529 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,004

21. Walsh University

North Canton

For Archaeology

#540 in the United States

#597 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $23,933

22. Denison University

Granville

For Archaeology

#559 in the United States

#617 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,721

23. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Archaeology

#562 in the United States

#620 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $30,030

24. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Archaeology

#594 in the United States

#654 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $24,061
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,910

25. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#613 in the United States

#674 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $33,623

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Archaeology

#689 in the United States

#756 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1128
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $23,537

27. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Archaeology

#733 in the United States

#800 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1288
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $25,941

28. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#787 in the United States

#855 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $28,463
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $3,217

29. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Archaeology

#815 in the United States

#884 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Net Price: $23,006
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $45,481

30. Marietta College

Marietta

For Archaeology

#855 in the United States

#925 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,007

31. Franklin University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#877 in the United States

#949 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $25,576
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $5,166

32. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Archaeology

#902 in the United States

#975 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,150

33. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Archaeology

#909 in the United States

#982 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $20,457
Receiving Aid: 100%

34. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Archaeology

#944 in the United States

#1017 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $23,086

35. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Archaeology

#957 in the United States

#1031 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,991

36. Ashland University

Ashland

For Archaeology

#974 in the United States

#1048 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1122
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $22,610

37. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Archaeology

#1065 in the United States

#1140 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $7,627
Enrollment: 849

38. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Archaeology

#1108 in the United States

#1184 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $27,297
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,292

39. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Archaeology

#1112 in the United States

#1189 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $15,964
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $33,414

40. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Archaeology

#1154 in the United States

#1231 in North America

Enrollment: 510
Male:Female: 60:40

41. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#1164 in the United States

#1241 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $17,094

42. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Archaeology

#1177 in the United States

#1255 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1008
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $19,695

43. Hiram College

Hiram

For Archaeology

#1182 in the United States

#1260 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,868
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,726

44. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Archaeology

#1203 in the United States

#1282 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,616

45. Malone University

Canton

For Archaeology

#1207 in the United States

#1286 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,390

46. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Archaeology

#1217 in the United States

#1296 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,654
Enrollment: 2,708

47. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Archaeology

#1281 in the United States

#1364 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,187
Enrollment: 849

48. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Archaeology

#1289 in the United States

#1372 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $20,429

49. Ohio University

Athens

For Archaeology

#1302 in the United States

#1387 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

50. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Archaeology

#1324 in the United States

#1410 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $6,491
Enrollment: 723

51. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#1332 in the United States

#1418 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,032
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,790

52. Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Delaware

For Archaeology

#1336 in the United States

#1422 in North America

Enrollment: 186
Male:Female: 37:63

Closest to Ohio states to learn Archaeology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	15	90
Indiana	31	31
Kentucky	21	61
Pennsylvania	90	13
Virginia	40	40
Michigan	31	4
District of Columbia	9	59
Maryland	26	16
Illinois	65	10
Tennessee	29	60
North Carolina	38	30
New Jersey	23	25
New York	121	6
Wisconsin	28	12
South Carolina	23	74
Connecticut	20	11
Georgia	37	35
Missouri	34	45
Iowa	22	43
Vermont	9	122
Massachusetts	64	2
Rhode Island	9	65
Alabama	24	99
New Hampshire	10	84
Arkansas	16	128
Mississippi	11	140
Minnesota	26	15
Maine	12	159
Kansas	11	81
Louisiana	22	73
Florida	45	20
Oklahoma	15	88
Nebraska	11	57
South Dakota	8	229
North Dakota	5	190
Texas	68	22
Colorado	19	46
New Mexico	7	92
Montana	4	143
Utah	10	44
Idaho	6	146
Arizona	8	26
Puerto Rico	11	389
Nevada	6	121
Washington	26	5
Oregon	16	54
California	111	1
Alaska	4	144
Hawaii	6	83