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2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Salary
Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 12,008 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,661 and had an average of $23,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 109 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,700 and $21,085 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $48-$75k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 5 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $9,049 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Anthropology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Johns Hopkins University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Anthropology at Johns Hopkins

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $18,418 for maryland bachelor’s degree anthropology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Anthropology at UMCP

#3

St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Mary’s College of Maryland landed the #3 spot on the list. SMCM is a small school located in St. Mary’s City, Maryland that handed out 15 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $12,650 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Anthropology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SMCM.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read more about Anthropology at SMCM

#4

Washington College

Chestertown, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k. Washington College is located in Chestertown, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Washington College also made our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $22,479 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Anthropology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Washington College.

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. 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%.

Full Washington College Anthropology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 14 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMBC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMBC is $20,614 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Anthropology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Anthropology at UMBC

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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