Anthropology at Bates College

If you are interested in studying anthropology, you may want to check out the program at Bates College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Bates.

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

Bates Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Bates Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Bates 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 Bates 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
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Anthropology Schools	20
	33
	35
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	61
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Best Value Anthropology Schools	213
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	324

Anthropology Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bates. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	30	$87,240

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 N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.