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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 59 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.
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 #81 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bowdoin is a great college overall.
There were about 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Bowdoin in the most recent data year.
Bates College is a great choice for students pursuing 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 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 5 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Bates in the most recent year we have data available.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Maine is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 23 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program make about $23,341 for their early career.
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.
