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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 bachelor's degrees in anthropology to qualified students.
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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to anthropology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of anthropology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt anthropology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 schools for anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Anthropology in New Mexico
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in anthropology.
Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in anthropology has to check out University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the anthropology program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus earn $9,835 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the anthropology program state that they receive average early career earnings of $12,059.
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).
