Anthropology at Central Michigan University

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

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Central Michigan.

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

Central Michigan Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Central Michigan Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan 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 Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	384
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	474

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from Central Michigan Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Central Michigan is $22,549. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Central Michigan. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Central Michigan since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• Economics
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	170	$82,520

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.