2021 Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
4Colleges
606Bachelor's Degrees
$39,561Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality anthropology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the anthropology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the anthropology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Massachusetts - Boston tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional anthropology students. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population. UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 2,088 students at UMass Boston that take at least one class online. 4,332 of UMass Boston students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Vermont. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a large student population. UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UVM is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,390 students take at least one class online at UVM. 1,286 of UVM students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 11,648 students at UCONN that take at least one class online. 3,257 students are part time.
Anthropology Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
Anthropology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
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