Anthropology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from The Colleges.

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

The Colleges Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

The Colleges Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how The Colleges performed in these rankings.

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 The Colleges 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
Best Anthropology Schools	55
	56
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	76
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Best Value Anthropology Schools	303

Anthropology Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.