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 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for anthropology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 88 degrees in anthropology annually.
Your choice of anthropology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools in South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the anthropology program earn an average of $23,785 in their early career salary.
Clemson University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Clemson is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 16 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student pursuing a degree in anthropology needs to take a look at College of Charleston. Located in the city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 6th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 27 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, anthropology degree recipients usually earn an average of $26,842 at the beginning of their careers.
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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Your choice of anthropology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for anthropology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
