Anthropology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

What traits are you looking for in a anthropology school? To help you decide if John Jay College of Criminal Justice is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's anthropology program.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,766. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from John Jay.

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

John Jay Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

John Jay Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at John Jay 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 John Jay 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
	57
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	402

Anthropology Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from John Jay in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at John Jay since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

John Jay 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
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.