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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$6,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Anthropology Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Anthropology Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,008 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 77th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,661 and had an average of $23,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 698 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,878 and $23,612 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great anthropology programs and 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 anthropology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Anthropology Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Anthropology Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Anthropology Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. College of Western Idaho is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

CWI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CWI is $6,711 for rocky mountains region associate degree anthropology students with aid.

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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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