2024 Best Anthropology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
76Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
1,570Anthropology Degrees Awarded
$26,815Avg Early-Career Salary
Anthropology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #77 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 76 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Anthropology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,570 degrees in anthropology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The anthropology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Anthropology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Anthropology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Anthropology in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the anthropology degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Teachers College at Columbia University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent year we have data available.
Princeton University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 48 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 79 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available. Those anthropology students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York receive $6,379 more than the standard anthropology grad.
Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 16 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 48 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the anthropology program at George Washington University get $9,361 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 45 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York. This school ranks 14th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 57 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Swarthmore, Swarthmore is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Swarthmore is a great college overall.
There were about 1 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Swarthmore in the most recent data year.
Here are some additional great schools for Anthropology students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Best Anthropology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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).
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The anthropology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Anthropology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Anthropology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
