Anthropology at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,157 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University in 2021, 30 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.

CWU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

CWU Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at CWU 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in anthropology from CWU. This is the #153 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CWU Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CWU is $23,677. 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 CWU

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

CWU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology
• General Social Sciences

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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	270	$78,690
Anthropologists and Archeologists	190	$74,300

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.