2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,069 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality anthropology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the anthropology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s”.
Top 13 Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 6 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying anthropology list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7,566 of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe were GI Bill® students, of which 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. In addition to receiving other benefits, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at Arizona State University - Tempe]](/colleges/arizona-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s list. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 27,772 students enrolled at University of Oklahoma were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,720. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Oklahoma Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 7 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. On top of their other funding sources, 31 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas State also made our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Texas State supports 37,812 students, and 2,559 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,197 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,635. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Texas State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying anthropology list, UTSA has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 34,742 students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio, 3,565 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Veteran Student Life Report
University of Houston did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, UH supports 47,090 students, and 1,382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 730 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UH offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UH]](/colleges/university-of-houston/student-life/veterans/)
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 5 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Mexico - Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full UNM Veteran Student Life Report
University of North Texas landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
UNT also took the #6 spot in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 40,953 students enrolled at University of North Texas, 2,038 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,138 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,999. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Texas]](/colleges/university-of-north-texas/student-life/veterans/)
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 50,476 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at The University of Texas at Austin]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-austin/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #10, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 11 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU, 1,055 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. In addition to receiving other benefits, 56 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 NAU Veteran Student Life Report
Texas Tech University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s ranking. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech, 1,242 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,480. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Rice University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 7,643 students enrolled at Rice, 157 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,656. During this same period, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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With a ranking of #13, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for a Master’s list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying anthropology list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, New Mexico State University - Main Campus supports 14,227 students, and 620 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 285 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,880. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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