Anthropology at Baylor University

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

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and has a total student population of 19,297. Of the 3,730 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 2021, 43 of them were anthropology majors.

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

Baylor Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Baylor Anthropology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Baylor 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
	355

Earnings of Baylor Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baylor is $20,471. This is less than $25,284, which is the national average of all anthropology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Baylor awarded 43 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Baylor University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	380	$87,570
Anthropologists and Archeologists	280	$71,590

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.