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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Hampshire to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 143 degrees in anthropology to qualified students.
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.
The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Anthropology Schools in New Hampshire.
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.
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 #12 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were approximately 33 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of New Hampshire - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in anthropology. UNH is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 12 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's hard to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you want to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 96 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at SNHU 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.
