Anthropology at Butte College

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

Butte College is located in Oroville, California and approximately 9,335 students attend the school each year.

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

Butte College Anthropology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Anthropology

Online Classes Are Available at Butte College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Butte College does offer online education options in anthropology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

Butte College Anthropology Rankings

Anthropology Student Demographics at Butte College

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

Butte College Anthropology Associate’s Program

67% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of anthropology associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in anthropology only graduates about 28% men each year. The program at Butte College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in anthropology at Butte College are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Butte College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in anthropology graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for Butte College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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