Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Johns Hopkins.

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

Johns Hopkins Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology
• Doctorate Degree in Anthropology

Johns Hopkins Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins 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	310
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	428

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #124 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Johns Hopkins Anthropology Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a anthropology master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in anthropology.

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

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology
• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Anthropologists and Archeologists	100	$53,680
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	50	$101,930

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.