by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Mississippi for a Master’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 Mississippi, there were 54 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $18,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 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.
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The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Anthropology at Mississippi State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Mississippi for a Master’s. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 4 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
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