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 reviewed 3 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools in Arkansas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
It is hard to beat University of Arkansas if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were about 42 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the anthropology program state that they receive average early career wages of $24,078.
University of Central Arkansas is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. UCA is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Conway. This university ranks 6th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 12 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Arkansas at Little Rock if you wish to pursue a degree in anthropology. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Little Rock. This university ranks 9th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 8 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent data year.
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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