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2024 Best Anthropology Schools in the New England Region

28 Colleges in the New England Region
720 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.

College Factual reviewed 28 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 720 degrees in anthropology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Anthropology School

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

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


 

Best Schools for Anthropology in the New England Region

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 New England Region Schools in Anthropology

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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CT

Any student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to take a look at Yale University. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were roughly 22 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
43 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Harvard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.

There were approximately 43 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In RI
31 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.

There were about 31 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.

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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NH
38 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Dartmouth College if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.

There were roughly 38 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available.

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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In VT

Located in the distant town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Middlebury is a great college overall.

There were approximately 4 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Middlebury in the most recent data year.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In MA
31 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were approximately 31 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In MA

Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

There were approximately 17 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT
37 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.

There were about 37 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In ME
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Bowdoin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bowdoin is a great college overall.

There were about 12 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Bowdoin in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MA
42 Anthropology Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were approximately 42 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent data year.

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Best Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best anthropology schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 854 304
Connecticut 538 124
Rhode Island 436 50
Maine 396 52
New Hampshire 395 137
Vermont 352 50

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cultural Anthropology 10
Other Anthropology 9
Physical & Biological Anthropology 2

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