2023 Best Value Colleges for Cultural Anthropology in the Far Western US Region

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Cultural Anthropology is the 1021st most popular major in the country with 80 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 42 cultural anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cultural anthropology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cultural anthropology programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Cultural Anthropology in the Far Western US Region

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$12,017 Average Net Price

$57,782 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in the Far Western US Region 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 located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s cultural anthropology degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cultural Anthropology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $12,017 for Far Western US Region Cultural Anthropology students per year to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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

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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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