2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical & Biological Anthropology (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 44 people earned their degree in physical and biological anthropology, making the major the 1115th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physical and biological anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical and biological anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical and biological anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical and biological anthropology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree physical anthropology students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical & Biological Anthropology (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical anthropology students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Physical & Biological Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical & Biological Anthropology at Harvard University

#2

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #2 spot on the list. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 1 doctorate’s physical anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physical & Biological Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical & Biological Anthropology at Kent State

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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