Anthropology at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. Of the 4,395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 11 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.

GaSou Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

GaSou Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at GaSou 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 GaSou 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	379

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from GaSou Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $24,154. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from GaSou in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Economics
• Other Social Sciences
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Anthropologists and Archeologists	140	$67,550

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.