2025 Best Anthropology Schools in Vermont

If you plan on majoring in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 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 Vermont to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 46 degrees in anthropology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Anthropology Schools List

Pick Your Anthropology Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Schools in Vermont ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Anthropology in Vermont

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the anthropology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Vermont Schools in Anthropology

1

Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

73.3% Growth in Graduates

Middlebury College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Middlebury.More information about a degree in anthropology from Middlebury College

2

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$31,717 Median Starting Salary

University of Vermont is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those anthropology students who get their degree from University of Vermont earn $2,818 more than the standard anthropology student.

More information about a degree in anthropology from University of Vermont

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	301	316
Connecticut	241	124
New Hampshire	210	137
Maine	202	61
Rhode Island	200	50

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Rankings in Majors Related to Anthropology

Anthropology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Anthropology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	46

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Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	222
Political Science & Government	185
International Relations & National Security	140
Sociology	50
Geography & Cartography	27
Sociology & Anthropology	14
General Social Sciences	11

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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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.