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2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s

8 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 76 people earned their degree in cultural anthropology, making the major the 1042nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 cultural anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cultural anthropology programs, but they also cost less that 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.

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The cultural 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 “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Anthropology

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Laie, Hawaii. It awarded 11 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students list, BYU - H has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,051 for Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Anthropology students per year to attend BYU - H.

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#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Webster also took the #3 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webster is $22,768 for bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students.

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#5

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students list, Creighton has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $31,400 for bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students per year to attend Creighton.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Creighton Cultural Anthropology Report

#6

Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Arcadia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Arcadia is a small school located in Glenside, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students list, Arcadia has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arcadia is $27,189 for bachelor’s degree cultural anthropology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#7

The New School

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

The New School did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. New School University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 12 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New School University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $43,334 for Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Anthropology students per year to attend New School University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full New School University Cultural Anthropology Report

#8

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Northeastern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s cultural anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern University is $31,093 for Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Anthropology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on Cultural Anthropology at Northeastern University

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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