2025 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 82 doctor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

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 schools for anthropology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Anthropology Schools

The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Anthropology in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Anthropology

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

19 Annual Graduates

$51,319 Median Starting Salary

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in anthropology. UF is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program earn around $51,319 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a doctorate in anthropology from University of Florida

2

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

10 Annual Graduates

University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in anthropology. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in anthropology from University of South Florida - Main Campus

Best Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best anthropology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	27
Virginia	127	4
Georgia	126	8
North Carolina	115	7
Mississippi	113	0
Louisiana	103	3
Tennessee	102	2
Alabama	98	1
South Carolina	91	1
Kentucky	87	9
Arkansas	58	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	80
Other Anthropology	2

Majors Similar to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	186
Sociology	109
Political Science & Government	109
Geography & Cartography	62
International Relations & National Security	31
Urban Studies	18
General Social Sciences	4
Other Social Sciences	3

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.