Anthropology at Davidson College

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

Davidson is located in Davidson, North Carolina and approximately 1,983 students attend the school each year. Of the 598 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in 2021, 9 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.

Davidson Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Davidson Anthropology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Davidson 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 Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	70
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	324

Anthropology Student Demographics at Davidson

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

Davidson Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Davidson awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Davidson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Davidson College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• 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 NC, the home state for Davidson College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	240	$86,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists	80	$63,690

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 Dacoslett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.