2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Mississippi, there were 54 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. That schools that top this list have a program in anthropology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Mississippi

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Anthropology at Mississippi State University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Anthropology at Southern Miss

3

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Mississippi. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Anthropology at University of Mississippi

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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