2025 Best Anthropology Schools in the Southeast Region
59Colleges in the Southeast Region
2,059Anthropology Degrees Awarded
$28,899Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 59 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. Combined, these schools handed out 2,059 degrees in anthropology to qualified students.
The anthropology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Anthropology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Anthropology in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the anthropology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 27 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were approximately 94 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the anthropology degree program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill make $7,312 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
It is difficult to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 32 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
University of Florida is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 186 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Anthropology degree recipients from University of Florida receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,072 over the typical earnings of anthropology majors.
University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 69 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the anthropology program make around $30,609 in their early career salary.
Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year. Those anthropology students who get their degree from Emory University earn $7,801 more than the average anthropology graduate.
UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 69 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the anthropology program report average early career income of $24,772.
Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Wake Forest University is a great university overall.
There were about 15 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.
William & Mary is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg. A Best Colleges rank of #103 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means William & Mary is a great school overall.
There were roughly 32 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent data year.
UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program earn around $20,396 in the first couple years of working.
Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 2nd out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 38 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Anthropology Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The anthropology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Anthropology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
