2024 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Anthropology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 61 bachelor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Anthropology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of anthropology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality anthropology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to anthropology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of anthropology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt anthropology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized anthropology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Anthropology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Anthropology in Maryland

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for anthropology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

7 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology needs to check out Johns Hopkins University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

34 Annual Graduates

$22,281 Median Starting Salary

$20,070 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program make around $22,281 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Maryland - College Park

3

St Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD

9 Annual Graduates

$22,277 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in anthropology has to check out St Mary's College of Maryland. SMCM is a small public college located in the small suburb of St. Mary's City.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the anthropology program report average early career earnings of $22,277.

More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from St Mary’s College of Maryland

4

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

8 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Maryland - Baltimore County if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in anthropology. UMBC is a large public university located in the large suburb of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Anthropology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	674
Pennsylvania	274	312
New Jersey	193	112
Delaware	130	14
District of Columbia	126	74

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Rankings in Majors Related to Anthropology

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Anthropology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	61

Majors Similar to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	1,229
Political Science & Government	1,012
Sociology	407
General Social Sciences	246
Other Social Sciences	240
International Relations & National Security	170
Geography & Cartography	104
Urban Studies	8
Archeology	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Deror avi. More about our data sources and methodologies.