2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 221 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,200 and $26,083 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the anthropology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 8 doctorate’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Anthropology at Emory University

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Anthropology at University of Georgia

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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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