Anthropology at Amherst College

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745. In 2021, 13 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Amherst Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	7
	10
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	12
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
Best Value Anthropology Schools	175
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	251

Anthropology Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Amherst, about 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	220	$96,160
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$91,140

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.