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We offer a ranking of the best universities in the USA. Programs with the study of classics, ancient history are interdisciplinary: students develop the skills of writing, reading and analysis, the research methods necessary in order to become a classic scientist. Classics and ancient history courses at popular US universities offer many useful skills that employers value.
Course content may vary from university to university: advanced institutions offer many opportunities for specialization, while others follow a more rigorous curriculum, and other schools focus more on languages, anthropology, history or archeology.
In the first year of study, it is necessary to take an introductory course in ancient history, then students choose one of several additional courses. Grades are based on one-year term paper, extended, independent written essay.
Check out this ranking of the top US universities in classics and ancient history.
Best Classics & Ancient history universities in USA 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 4 | Columbia University |
| 4 | Harvard University |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 8 | Stanford University |
| 9 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 10 | University of Washington |
| 11 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 13 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 18 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 22 | Princeton University |
| 23 | Colorado School of Mines |
| 24 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 29 | Texas A&M University |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 31 | The University of Arizona |
| 33 | Yale University |
| 47 | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 49 | Arizona State University |
| 49 | Colorado State University |
| 51-100 | Cornell University |
| 51-100 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 51-100 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 51-100 | Oregon State University |
| 51-100 | University of California, Davis |
| 51-100 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| 51-100 | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 51-100 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| 51-100 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 51-100 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 101-150 | Brown University |
| 101-150 | Duke University |
| 101-150 | Purdue University |
| 101-150 | Rice University |
| 101-150 | The Ohio State University |
| 101-150 | University of California, Irvine |
| 101-150 | University of Chicago |
| 101-150 | University of Florida |
| 101-150 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 101-150 | University of Miami |
| 101-150 | University of Minnesota (System) |
| 101-150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| 151-200 | Boston University |
| 151-200 | Michigan State University |
| 151-200 | University of California, Riverside |
| 151-200 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 151-200 | University of Oklahoma |
| 151-200 | University of Oregon |
| 151-200 | University of Southern California |
| 201-275 | Florida State University |
