2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 cultural anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cultural anthropology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cultural anthropology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree cultural anthropology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Anthropology

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s cultural anthropology students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Cultural Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read full report on Cultural Anthropology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

The New School

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$47,642 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The New School landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

New School University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Cultural Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The New School are $47,642, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Cultural Anthropology at The New School

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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