Anthropology at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 2021, 15 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.

Georgetown Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Georgetown Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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 Schools	454

Anthropology Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgetown. Of these graduates, 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 Georgetown since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• International Relations & National Security

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	50	$107,700

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.