If you pursue a degree in anthropology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #75 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Utah 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 174 degrees in anthropology during the 2021-2022 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.
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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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.
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 wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. U of U is a fairly 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 73 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in anthropology needs to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly 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 year we have data available.
Utah State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 28 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology has to take a look at Utah Valley University. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UVU 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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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.
