What is the best college for Archeology?

Question

I may only be a Junior in high school right now, but I im interested in Archeology and wondered what the best college to go to is for this. I am really interested in the mediterranean area, the Romans, Greeks and a little about the Egyptians.

Answer 1

The University of Chicago has a great program, and one of the only Egyptology programs in the country.

Answer 2

Univ of Chicago is definitely a great choice. Some other programs are at Brown, Columbia and Harvard. Needless to say, these are not easy programs to get into!!!!  You can't really take courses in classics in HS, but probably you could increase your chances of admission by doing a great job on your languages. Obviously if you are going to study Roman archeology you need to be fluent in Latin, and probably Greek as well, so you can make a lot of progress in that direction and it may help your entrance into this career.

We may not think of archeology as being competitive in the sense of med school or pharm school, but if there are only a very small number of jobs, then you have to be really good if you are going to be the one who winds up employed... Go for it!