16 PhD programmes in Archaeology in North America

The Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology (henceforth, the Program) in the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (henceforth, the Department) at the University of California, Berkeley (henceforth, UC Berkeley) offers both the MA and the PhD degree.

Archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland has a growing international reputation founded on the breadth and quality of faculty research, excellence in teaching and state-of-the-art facilities.

The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World at the University of Pennsylvania trains students for careers in the art and archaeology of Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations.

The Archaeological Studies degree at Yale University focuses on ritual complexes and writing, ceramic analysis, warfare, ancient civilizations, origins of agriculture, and museum studies. 

Graduate Archaeology and the Ancient World students at Brown University receive a broad overview of the archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt and the Near East, allowing them to develop particular research interests revolving around one or more of these complex cultures.

Columbia University offers one of the richest graduate Art History and Archaeology program in the discipline, and students are encouraged to take advantage of its variety of subjects and approaches.

The Archaeological Anthropology program at New York University seeks both to understand the human past—including cultural origins and evolution, human adaptations, inequality, agriculture, and urban life—and to link this past to the world that we inhabit today.

The Art Department at University of Virginia sponsors a specialized graduate Program in Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, leading to the Ph.D degree. 

In the Ph.D. program, students at Southern Methodist University concentrate either in Cultural Anthropology or in Archaeology. 

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington offers a phd degree in Archaeology. Join us! 

The graduate curriculum in the Art and Archaeology program at Princeton University is one of the oldest in the country, and for many decades the department has played a leading role in training teachers, scholars, and curators in this area. At Princeton, graduate work in this discipline has certain special advantages.

At the Doctoral level, the Department at Simon Fraser University offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Archaeology. 

The emphasis in the Graduate Program in Anthropology - Archaeology at University of Pennsylvania is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The Interdepartmental Archaeology Graduate Program (AP) at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) integrates archaeological faculty throughout the university for the training of graduate students who wish to pursue interdisciplinary research.

Earn a terminal degree that will give you the necessary experience and credentials to practice archaeology in the field or teach at the highest levels of academia through Lipscomb University’s Ph.D. program in Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

Classical Archaeology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has remained a nationally recognized strength of the Department of Classics for over 50 years.