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 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Anthropology Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 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.
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 Georgia.
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.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to check out Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were about 62 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in anthropology has to check out University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Georgia State University if you want to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #582 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia State is a great university overall.
There were about 54 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in anthropology has to look into Georgia Southern University. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 30th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 19 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at University of West Georgia in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 32 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 18th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 6 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Augusta University 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.
