2025 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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 - How many other anthropology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for anthropology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Anthropology in Rhode Island

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

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

28 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology needs to check out Brown University. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology has to take a look at University of Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Rhode Island

Best Anthropology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	257
Connecticut	183	103
New Hampshire	157	137
Maine	156	60
Vermont	155	50

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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	45

Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	313
Political Science & Government	271
International Relations & National Security	149
General Social Sciences	97
Sociology	92
Urban Studies	21
Archeology	6
Sociology & Anthropology	6
Other Social Sciences	5
Geography & Cartography	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.