by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 10,974 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 720 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 633 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 43 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in anthropology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in anthropology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hampshire College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region. Hampshire College is a small school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 9 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amherst College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Connecticut College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region. Conn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wellesley College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region. Located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 43 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Holyoke College landed the #5 spot on the list. Mt. Holyoke is a small private not-for-profit school situated in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Trinity College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Bennington College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 6 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Middletown, Connecticut, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Bowdoin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Brunswick, Maine, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Farmington landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Dartmouth College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Bates College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Lewiston, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Smith College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Smith College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northampton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Brandeis University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Waltham, Massachusetts. It awarded 30 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Colby College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Vermont came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
College of the Holy Cross did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #17. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 26 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Brown University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wheaton College Massachusetts landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. Wheaton College Massachusetts is located in Norton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #23. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 48 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Middlebury College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Middlebury, Vermont, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
With a ranking of #25, Tufts University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the New England Region list. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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