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 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. Combined, these schools handed out 154 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.
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 Utah 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.
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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.
University of Utah is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 64 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in anthropology has to look into Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
Utah State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 24 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to check out Utah Valley University. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
