2025 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #50 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 111 doctor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Anthropology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of anthropology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Anthropology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for anthropology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Anthropology

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

11 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in anthropology. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from University of Pennsylvania

2

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

12 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in anthropology has to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in the City of New York

3

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat The Graduate Center, CUNY if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in anthropology. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best anthropology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	21
New York	174	62
Maryland	119	5
New Jersey	115	6
District of Columbia	81	1

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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	99
Cultural Anthropology	8
Other Anthropology	4

Majors Similar to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	301
Political Science & Government	161
Sociology	121
International Relations & National Security	46
Other Social Sciences	35
Geography & Cartography	20
Urban Studies	7
General Social Sciences	6
Demography & Population Studies	6
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.