If you plan on majoring in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Anthropology Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 degrees in anthropology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of anthropology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Schools in Maine ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the anthropology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Bowdoin College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in anthropology. Bowdoin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bowdoin is a great college overall.
There were about 12 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Bowdoin in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in anthropology has to look into Colby College. Located in the remote town of Waterville, Colby is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Colby is a great college overall.
There were about 8 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent data year.
Bates College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Bates is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Lewiston. This college ranks 3rd out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 9 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Bates in the most recent data year.
University of Maine is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 18 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, anthropology degree recipients usually earn an average of $24,072 in their early careers.
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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