Anthropology at Duke University

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Duke.

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

Duke Anthropology Degrees Available

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

Duke Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Duke 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 Duke 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	171
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in anthropology from Duke. This is the #153 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Duke awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Duke also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• 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 Duke University.

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.