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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of anthropology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 118 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Princeton University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the anthropology program at Rutgers University - New Brunswick make $8,079 above the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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.
Monmouth University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Monmouth is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of West Long Branch. This university ranks 15th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 16 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Monmouth in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the anthropology program at Monmouth University get $17,403 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student pursuing a degree in anthropology has to look into Drew University. Drew is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Madison. This university ranks 37th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 11 anthropology students who graduated with this degree at Drew in the most recent data year.
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.
