If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of anthropology. Combined, these schools handed out 38 bachelor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on anthropology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other anthropology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for anthropology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized anthropology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Anthropology in Rhode Island
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in anthropology.
Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in anthropology needs to look into Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from Brown University
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology has to check out University of Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program earn about $19,004 for their early career.
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).