2025 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a doctor's degree in anthropology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #50 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 doctor's degrees in anthropology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on anthropology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of anthropology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt anthropology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized anthropology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for anthropology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Anthropology in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in anthropology.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Anthropology

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

15 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is a good choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in anthropology needs to look into University of California - Davis. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from University of California - Davis

Best Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best anthropology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	72
Washington	122	9
Oregon	107	9
Nevada	84	2
Hawaii	53	3
Alaska	19	3

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Anthropology Related Rankings by Major

Anthropology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Anthropology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	81
Medical Anthropology	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	264
Political Science & Government	137
Sociology	117
Geography & Cartography	46
Urban Studies	10
International Relations & National Security	6
General Social Sciences	4
Demography & Population Studies	3
Other Social Sciences	3
Archeology	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Deror avi. More about our data sources and methodologies.