Anthropology at Eastern Washington University

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 Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,346 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University in 2021, 10 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.

EWU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

EWU Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at EWU 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 EWU 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
	210
Best Anthropology Schools	228
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	296

Anthropology Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EWU 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
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	270	$78,690
Anthropologists and Archeologists	190	$74,300

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.