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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” 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 Montana, there were 80 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,210 and $26,735 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. To top this list, a school must have a successful anthropology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. The University of Montana is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 30 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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