by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 80 people earned their degree in cultural anthropology, making the major the 1021st most popular in the United States.
This year’s “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in cultural anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cultural anthropology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the cultural anthropology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for cultural anthropology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools. UAGC is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 27 ’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
UAGC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAGC is $20,987 for cultural anthropology students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $12,017 for Cultural Anthropology students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Cultural Anthropology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #3 spot on the list. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our cultural anthropology students list, Webster has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webster is $23,248 for cultural anthropology students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Cultural Anthropology at Webster University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 6 ’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our cultural anthropology students list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,055 for cultural anthropology students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Southern Maine Cultural Anthropology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools list. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s cultural anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Creighton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton University is $31,218 for cultural anthropology students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Stonehill College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools ranking. Located in Easton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified ’s cultural anthropology students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stonehill, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stonehill is $34,102 for Cultural Anthropology students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The New School ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools list. New School University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
New School University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools” ranking. It costs about $44,430 for cultural anthropology students per year to attend The New School.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
