Anthropology at Dickinson College

Every anthropology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the anthropology program at Dickinson College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 3 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.

Dickinson Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Dickinson Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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	111
	151
	154
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	328

Anthropology Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dickinson, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Dickinson 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	230	$94,090
Anthropologists and Archeologists	70	$70,770

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.