Anthropology at Fordham University

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

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 16,364 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,461 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in 2021, 37 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.

Fordham U Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Fordham U Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Fordham U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Fordham U 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	177

Anthropology Student Demographics at Fordham U

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

Fordham U Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from Fordham U in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Fordham U 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 Fordham University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 NY, the home state for Fordham University.

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 Chriscobar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.