2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Great Lakes Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,105 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,630 and had an average of $21,433 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,147 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,803 and $23,059 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 110 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 23 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree anthropology students.
Top 23 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Indianapolis landed the #1 spot on the list. UIndy is a medium-sized school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 1 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at University of Indianapolis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Case Western Reserve University Anthropology Report
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #3 spot on the list. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Notre Dame
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State University is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 11 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Wayne State Anthropology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Anthropology at University of Chicago
Illinois State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois State University is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 8 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Anthropology at Illinois State University
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Chicago Anthropology Report
Ball State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Ball State University is a fairly large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 2 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Ball State University
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 2 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Purdue University - Main Campus
Kent State University at Kent did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Kent State University at Kent is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Northern Illinois University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northern Illinois University is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northern Illinois University Anthropology Report
Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full IU Bloomington Anthropology Report
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at UWM
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s anthropology degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Anthropology at UC
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 15 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Anthropology at U-M
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 5 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full IUPUI Anthropology Report
Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Anthropology Report
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at UIUC
Western Michigan University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at WMU
Michigan State University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Anthropology at Michigan State
With a ranking of #22, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Anthropology at Northwestern University
With a ranking of #23, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full SIUC Anthropology Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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