Anthropology at Fort Lewis College

What traits are you looking for in a anthropology school? To help you decide if Fort Lewis College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's anthropology program.

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and approximately 3,469 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from FLC.

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

FLC Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

FLC Anthropology Rankings

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

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 FLC 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	12
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Best Anthropology Schools	329
	345
	350

Earnings of FLC Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at FLC is $20,895. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at FLC

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

FLC Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FLC, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at FLC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Criminology
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Anthropologists and Archeologists	200	$63,940
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	180	$71,900

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.