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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Hampshire to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 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.
The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Anthropology Schools in New Hampshire.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
It is difficult to beat Dartmouth College if you want to pursue a degree in anthropology. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were about 38 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year. Those anthropology students who get their degree from Dartmouth College earn $9,814 more than the average anthropology graduate.
It is difficult to beat University of New Hampshire - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 22 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the anthropology program report average early career wages of $24,525.
It is hard to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 75 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at SNHU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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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.
