The main focus area for this major is Anthropology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Anthropology is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Mount Holyoke College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in anthropology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Mt. Holyoke is in the top 10% of the country for anthropology. More specifically it was ranked #30 out of 419 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #5 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mt. Holyoke.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Mt. Holyoke paid an average of $1,700 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,400 | $54,400 |
Fees | $218 | $218 |
Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,020 | $16,020 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,000 | $2,000 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Anthropology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Mt. Holyoke took out an average of $20,477 in student loans. That is 9% lower than the national average of $22,505.
anthropology who receive their bachelor’s degree from Mt. Holyoke make an average of $42,682 a year during the early days of their career. That is 75% higher than the national average of $24,323.
Online degrees for the Mt. Holyoke anthropology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mt. Holyoke Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in anthropology in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.0% of the anthropology bachelor’s degrees at Mt. Holyoke in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 11 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Anthropology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 20 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to anthropology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Economics | 40 |
Geography & Cartography | 4 |
International Relations & National Security | 31 |
Political Science & Government | 31 |
Sociology | 19 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.