2021 Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
4Colleges
606Bachelor's Degrees
$39,561Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality anthropology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the anthropology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the anthropology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Massachusetts - Boston tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional anthropology students. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a fairly large student population. UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. 4,332 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMass Amherst is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. About 6,786 of the students at UMass Amherst are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Vermont. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a large student population. UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UVM is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,390 students at UVM that take at least one class online. 1,286 of UVM students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. About 3,257 of the students at UCONN are attending part time.
Anthropology Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
Anthropology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 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).
