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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. Combined, these schools handed out 154 degrees in anthropology to qualified students.
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.
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 Utah list to help you make the college 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.
University of Utah is a good option for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. U of U is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 64 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year. Those anthropology students who get their degree from University of Utah make $4,501 more than the average anthropology grad.
Every student who is interested in anthropology has to look into Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
Utah State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 24 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the anthropology program make an average of $22,534 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to look into Utah Valley University. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UVU 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.
