2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Iowa

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Iowa for a Master’s” 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 Iowa, there were 94 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,865 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Iowa for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in anthropology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular anthropology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Iowa for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree anthropology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Iowa

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#2 overall quality in Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Iowa for a Master’s list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#1 overall quality in Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Iowa for a Master’s list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Anthropology at Iowa State University

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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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