2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 11,415 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 77th most popular in the United States. 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 District of Columbia, there were 93 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,605 and $26,950 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in District of Columbia

1

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

$41,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Anthropology at American University

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Anthropology at George Washington University

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #3 spot on the list. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read more about Anthropology at CUA

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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