CIP 30.2202 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology.

A program that focuses on the study of the classical ancient civilizations of the ancient Near East, Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea, such as Athens, Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Mesopotamia, North Africa, and Rome. Includes instruction in ancient languages, ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, Greek and Roman mythology, philosophy, and religion.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 30.2202. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Bachelor degree	24	98
2025	Master degree	2	2
2025	Doctorate — research	4	6
2025	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	2	39
2024	Bachelor degree	24	68
2024	Master degree	2	3
2024	Doctorate — research	3	5
2024	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	2	31
2023	Bachelor degree	19	73
2023	Master degree	3	7
2023	Doctorate — research	3	5
2023	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	2	25
2022	Bachelor degree	21	89
2022	Master degree	2	5
2022	Doctorate — research	4	5
2022	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	1	17
2021	Bachelor degree	23	82
2021	Master degree	2	2
2021	Doctorate — research	1	1
2021	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	3	26
2020	Bachelor degree	16	64
2020	Master degree	4	5
2020	Doctorate — research	3	7
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	2	16

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CIP 30.2202 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 30 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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