Anthropology at Clemson University

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

Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and approximately 26,406 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Clemson.

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

Clemson Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Clemson Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Clemson 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 Clemson 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
Best Anthropology Schools	147
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	477

Anthropology Student Demographics at Clemson

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

Clemson Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Clemson. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Clemson since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Clemson 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 Clemson University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Criminology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 SC, the home state for Clemson University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Anthropologists and Archeologists	40	$62,230

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 hager.angie under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.