51 Best colleges for Archaeology in Ohio

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Archaeology. A graph of 2.54M citations received by 89.9K academic papers made by 51 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: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Archaeology

#75 in the United States

#90 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,351

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#77 in the United States

#93 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Archaeology

#141 in the United States

#165 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Archaeology

#159 in the United States

#183 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 98%

6. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Archaeology

#179 in the United States

#206 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

7. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Archaeology

#188 in the United States

#216 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 92%

8. University of Akron

Akron

For Archaeology

#194 in the United States

#224 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

9. Wright State University

Dayton

For Archaeology

#205 in the United States

#236 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1072
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 94%

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Archaeology

#240 in the United States

#272 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $10,148

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Archaeology

#251 in the United States

#286 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1283
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $31,551

12. Capital University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#286 in the United States

#326 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,480

13. Urbana University

Urbana

For Archaeology

#292 in the United States

#332 in North America

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

14. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Archaeology

#300 in the United States

#342 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,484

15. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Archaeology

#352 in the United States

#397 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,021
Male:Female: 48:52
Founded: 1973

16. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Archaeology

#378 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Net Price: $19,620
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,128

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Archaeology

#387 in the United States

#434 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,005
Male:Female: 82:18
Founded: 1919

18. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Archaeology

#452 in the United States

#503 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

19. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Archaeology

#465 in the United States

#517 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,470

20. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Archaeology

#476 in the United States

#528 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,529

21. Walsh University

North Canton

For Archaeology

#552 in the United States

#609 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1136
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,009

22. Denison University

Granville

For Archaeology

#555 in the United States

#612 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,177

23. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Archaeology

#562 in the United States

#620 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,790

24. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Archaeology

#597 in the United States

#656 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $26,581
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,003

25. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#611 in the United States

#671 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1179
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,542

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Archaeology

#688 in the United States

#753 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,457

27. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Archaeology

#733 in the United States

#800 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,396

28. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#783 in the United States

#851 in North America

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

29. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Archaeology

#812 in the United States

#881 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1228
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $23,826

30. Marietta College

Marietta

For Archaeology

#843 in the United States

#913 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1143
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $21,333

31. Franklin University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#876 in the United States

#948 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $22,252
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $6,477

32. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Archaeology

#907 in the United States

#980 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,047

33. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Archaeology

#908 in the United States

#981 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,242
Receiving Aid: 100%

34. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Archaeology

#957 in the United States

#1030 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1168
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $28,190

35. Ashland University

Ashland

For Archaeology

#971 in the United States

#1045 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1138
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $21,971

36. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Archaeology

#975 in the United States

#1049 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,490

37. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Archaeology

#1056 in the United States

#1131 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $6,070
Enrollment: 849

38. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Archaeology

#1085 in the United States

#1160 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $10,979
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,404

39. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Archaeology

#1109 in the United States

#1185 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $26,215
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,728

40. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Archaeology

#1147 in the United States

#1224 in North America

Enrollment: 471
Male:Female: 59:41

41. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Archaeology

#1167 in the United States

#1244 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 982
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $15,887

42. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Archaeology

#1174 in the United States

#1252 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $20,269

43. Hiram College

Hiram

For Archaeology

#1184 in the United States

#1262 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $21,362
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $17,546

44. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Archaeology

#1206 in the United States

#1284 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,835

45. Malone University

Canton

For Archaeology

#1212 in the United States

#1290 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1061
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $23,362

46. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Archaeology

#1267 in the United States

#1348 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,318
Enrollment: 3,454

47. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Archaeology

#1282 in the United States

#1364 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $4,739
Enrollment: 886

48. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Archaeology

#1286 in the United States

#1368 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1025
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $21,299

49. Ohio University

Athens

For Archaeology

#1291 in the United States

#1375 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

50. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Archaeology

#1316 in the United States

#1401 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $5,744
Enrollment: 740

51. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Archaeology

#1323 in the United States

#1408 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,006
Receiving Aid: 100%

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	39	41
Michigan	31	4
District of Columbia	9	59
Maryland	26	17
Illinois	64	10
Tennessee	28	60
North Carolina	38	30
New Jersey	22	24
New York	120	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	66
Alabama	23	100
New Hampshire	10	83
Arkansas	16	128
Mississippi	11	142
Minnesota	26	15
Maine	12	160
Kansas	11	81
Louisiana	22	73
Florida	45	20
Oklahoma	15	89
Nebraska	11	57
South Dakota	8	229
North Dakota	5	191
Texas	66	23
Colorado	19	46
New Mexico	7	93
Montana	4	143
Utah	10	44
Idaho	6	148
Arizona	7	26
Puerto Rico	11	388
Nevada	5	121
Washington	25	5
Oregon	16	53
California	111	1
Alaska	4	144
Hawaii	6	84