by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 603 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 495 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 19 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Austin College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sherman, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas. Southwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Georgetown, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 80 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at The University of Texas at San Antonio
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #8. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Rice University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Rice University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s anthropology 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 53 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso
Texas Tech University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 21 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 11 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Report
Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #17. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Texas Christian University
The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #19, Texas A & M University - Central Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Texas list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small school located in Killeen, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Texas A & M University - Central Texas
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