by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Anthropology is the 1004th most popular major in the country with 117 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major” ranking, we looked at 28 colleges that offer a degree in other anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. This small school is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and it awarded 3 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Teachers College at Columbia University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 16 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major. EU is a medium-sized school located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Anthropology at Eastern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s other anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Anthropology at Western Washington University
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #5 spot on the list. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 4 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of California - San Diego ranked #6 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 18 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
California Baptist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. California Baptist University is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 3 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Maine ranked #8 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified ’s other anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other anthropology degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 ’s other anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Boston University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s other anthropology degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Harvard University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of California - Berkeley landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. University of California - Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of California - Riverside did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking, coming in at #14. UCR is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 1 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Anthropology at University of California - Riverside
With a ranking of #15, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 2 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Other Anthropology Report
University of Central Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking, coming in at #16. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 ’s other anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Anthropology at University of Central Florida
Saint Mary’s College of California ranked #16 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moraga, California. It awarded 0 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
With a ranking of #16, Brigham Young University - Hawaii did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Located in Laie, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s other anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Anthropology at Brigham Young University - Hawaii
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #16 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 1 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Delaware came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s other anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #16, Bennington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Central Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking, coming in at #16. CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 ’s other anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Washington University Other Anthropology Report
Swarthmore College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major list. Swarthmore College is a small school located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read full report on Other Anthropology at Swarthmore College
Butler University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. Butler University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 1 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Anthropology at Brigham Young University - Provo
Southern Oregon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking, coming in at #16. Southern Oregon University is located in Ashland, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 ’s other anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Whitman College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. Whitman is a small school located in Walla Walla, Washington that handed out 3 ’s other anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Northwestern University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Anthropology Major ranking. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s other anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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