2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Florida

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In 2020-2021, 10,974 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States.

Across Florida, there were 566 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,244 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Florida”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Florida

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University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, Florida

#6 overall quality in Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Florida. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified doctorate’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Anthropology at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Florida list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full UF Anthropology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology

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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