by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Tennessee, there were 153 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Tennessee” 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree anthropology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 6 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 4 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Tennessee list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Anthropology Report
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