by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 North Carolina, there were 406 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,476 and $22,509 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 376 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. That schools that top this list have a program in anthropology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davidson College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina list. Davidson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Davidson, North Carolina. It awarded 9 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Anthropology at Appalachian State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, 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 95%.
Read more about Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. UNC Greensboro is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Wilmington ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
William Peace University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #8. William Peace University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wake Forest University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking. Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Anthropology Report
North Carolina State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Elon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #12. This medium-sized school is located in Elon, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
East Carolina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #13. East Carolina University is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #14. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 16 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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