by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 259 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,869 and $25,410 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 208 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albion College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. Albion, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Alma College landed the #2 spot on the list. Alma College is a small school located in Alma, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. Marquette, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 15 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan ranking. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 8 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 50 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad 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%.
Michigan State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan ranking. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #9, Oakland University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. Oakland University is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Grand Valley State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan list. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #12. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Michigan University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan ranking. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Michigan Technological University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Michigan ranking. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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