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2024 Best Anthropology Schools in Ohio

13 Colleges in Ohio
290 Anthropology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in anthropology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #75 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 13 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 290 degrees in anthropology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Anthropology School

Best Anthropology Schools in Ohio Your choice of anthropology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Anthropology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Anthropology
Master's Degrees in Anthropology
Doctor's Degrees in Anthropology

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 Best Anthropology Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.


 

Best Schools for Anthropology in Ohio

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the anthropology degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Ohio Schools in Anthropology

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OH
71 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 71 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OH
36 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Case Western Reserve University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in anthropology. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.

There were about 36 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.

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3
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In OH

Oberlin College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in anthropology. Located in the fringe town of Oberlin, Oberlin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #226 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Oberlin is a great college overall.

There were roughly 14 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Oberlin in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In OH

Miami University - Oxford is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.

There were roughly 22 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In OH
20.7% Growth in Graduates

UC is a very large public university located in the city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 29 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.

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6
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In OH

Located in the town of Wooster, Wooster College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 21st out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were roughly 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Wooster College in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In OH
32 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kent. This university ranks 14th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were about 32 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent data year.

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Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In OH

Kenyon is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Gambier. A Best Colleges rank of #209 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Kenyon is a great college overall.

There were about 8 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Kenyon in the most recent data year.

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
14th Most Popular In OH

University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Akron. This university ranks 27th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were roughly 5 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In OH
14.3% Growth in Graduates

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.

There were about 21 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Anthropology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 915 244
Illinois 870 288
Indiana 737 201
Wisconsin 672 136

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Anthropology is one of 5 different types of Anthropology programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medical Anthropology 8
Physical & Biological Anthropology 1
Other Anthropology 1

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