2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Anthropology is the 71st most popular major in the country with 11,652 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 109 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the anthropology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree anthropology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Anthropology at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s anthropology students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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