2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Anthropology Major

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 cultural anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Anthropology Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cultural anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their cultural anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Anthropology Major

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Anthropology

1

The New School
New York, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Anthropology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The New School landed the #1 spot on the list. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s cultural anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Cultural Anthropology at New School University

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Anthropology Major 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 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Cultural Anthropology at UW Seattle

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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