2025 Best Anthropology Schools in Mississippi

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 Mississippi 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 55 degrees in anthropology annually.

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• Best Overall Anthropology Schools List

Anthropology Rankings by Degree Level

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 Mississippi list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Anthropology in Mississippi

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.

Top Mississippi Schools in Anthropology

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in anthropology needs to take a look at Mississippi State University. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in anthropology from Mississippi State University

2

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in anthropology. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the town of University.More information about a degree in anthropology from University of Mississippi

Best Anthropology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Anthropology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	228
Florida	282	541
North Carolina	279	406
Virginia	274	219
Tennessee	269	153
South Carolina	248	78
Kentucky	244	103
Louisiana	242	88
Arkansas	234	68
Alabama	233	97
West Virginia	207	13

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Anthropology Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Anthropology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	55

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Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	270
Sociology	78
Economics	68
International Relations & National Security	41
General Social Sciences	39
Geography & Cartography	29
Sociology & Anthropology	1

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Notes and References

• 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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