2025 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Anthropology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #50 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 doctor's degrees in anthropology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to anthropology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other anthropology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for anthropology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 colleges for anthropology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Anthropology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Anthropology in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in anthropology.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Anthropology

1

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

12 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in anthropology. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in anthropology needs to check out The Graduate Center, CUNY. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Anthropology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Rankings in Majors Related to Anthropology

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Anthropology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	57
Cultural Anthropology	8
Other Anthropology	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	141
Political Science & Government	76
Sociology	73
General Social Sciences	5
Other Social Sciences	5
Geography & Cartography	1

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.