2024 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

a bachelor's degree in anthropology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #59 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 39 bachelor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 colleges for anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Anthropology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska list to help you make the college decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology

1

Creighton University
Omaha, NE

21 Annual Graduates

Creighton University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from Creighton University

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

18 Annual Graduates

$28,200 Median Starting Salary

$21,260 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in anthropology needs to check out University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduating, anthropology bachelor's recipients generally earn around $28,200 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Best Anthropology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	188
Minnesota	215	101
Iowa	197	100
Kansas	184	73
North Dakota	149	15
South Dakota	148	13

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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	18
Medical Anthropology	16
Cultural Anthropology	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	193
General Social Sciences	125
Sociology	105
Economics	95
International Relations & National Security	24
Geography & Cartography	14
Sociology & Anthropology	4

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.