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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Anthropology Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 degrees in anthropology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
Johns Hopkins University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 13 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 39 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to check out St Mary's College of Maryland. Located in the small suburb of St. Mary's City, SMCM is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 10th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 9 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at SMCM in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great decision for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 8 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent data year.
Anthropology is one of 5 different types of Anthropology programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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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.
