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 2 schools in Louisiana 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 105 degrees in anthropology annually.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Anthropology Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college 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.
Tulane University of Louisiana is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in anthropology. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduating, anthropology degree recipients typically earn an average of $24,042 in their early careers.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in anthropology. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.
After graduating, anthropology degree recipients generally earn an average of $21,787 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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