Archivists Career

Vocational Programs for Archivists Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
7K	$31.59	$65,700

The role of Archivists is to appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. Participate in research activities based on archival materials. The average annual wage of the occupations is $65,700 and $32 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Archivists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 7,150 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Archivists Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Archivists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Archivists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Archives/Archival Administration	1	-	-	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	11	-	-	-	-
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	6	-	-	-	-
Museology/Museum Studies	15	-	-	-	-
Digital Humanities	3	-	-	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	9	-	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	13	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Archivists

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Archives/Archival Administration

Historic Preservation and Conservation

Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis

Museology/Museum Studies

Digital Humanities

Art History, Criticism and Conservation

Public/Applied History

Schools offering voational programs for Archivists

The following 52 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Archivists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.