Anthropology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Colorado State.

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

Colorado State Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Colorado State does offer online courses in anthropology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Colorado State Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado State performed in these rankings.

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 Colorado State 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	48

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from Colorado State. This makes it the #41 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Colorado State Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $26,694. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology bachelor's degree recipients.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado State Anthropology Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Anthropology from Colorado State in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in anthropology each year. Colorado State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado State 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
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology
• 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Anthropologists and Archeologists	200	$63,940
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	180	$71,900

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.