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 Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 349 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,911 and $26,251 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in anthropology.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #5 spot on the list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
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