by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,974 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States.
Across Georgia, there were 233 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 3 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree anthropology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 20 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia list. Emory University is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 4 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 46 masters’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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
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