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2022 Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 116 people earned their degree in medical anthropology, making the major the 975th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 medical anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in medical anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medical anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical anthropology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Anthropology (With Aid)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 75 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical anthropology students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WUSTL is $26,869 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Anthropology students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full WUSTL Medical Anthropology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical anthropology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid list, Ohio State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State University - Main Campus is $17,616 for bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Medical Anthropology Report

#3

SUNY Geneseo

Geneseo, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Geneseo landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Geneseo, New York, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s medical anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Geneseo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Geneseo is $18,924 for bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Medical Anthropology at SUNY Geneseo

#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 6 bachelors’s medical anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Miami is $46,949 for bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Medical Anthropology at U Miami

#5

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Creighton University is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s medical anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Creighton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $31,400 for bachelor’s degree medical anthropology students with aid per year to attend Creighton.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Medical Anthropology at Creighton

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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