Anthropology at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Every anthropology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the anthropology program at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and approximately 30,014 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly Pomona.

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

Cal Poly Pomona Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Cal Poly Pomona Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Cal Poly Pomona 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 Cal Poly Pomona 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
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	99
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	249
	264

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from Cal Poly Pomona Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $24,293. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Cal Poly Pomona Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Cal Poly Pomona awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Poly Pomona since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Criminology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.