Anthropology at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a anthropology school? To help you decide if Columbia University in the City of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's anthropology program.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia.

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

Columbia Anthropology Degrees Available

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

Columbia Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Columbia 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 Columbia 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	20

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from Columbia. This makes it the #3 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from Columbia Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $28,302. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology bachelor's degree recipients.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from Columbia in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Columbia Anthropology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a master's degree in anthropology from Columbia. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• Other 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	1,080	$112,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists	60	$67,860

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.