Anthropology at Longwood University

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

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,841. In 2021, 3 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Longwood.

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

Longwood Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Longwood Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Longwood 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 Longwood 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	289
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	373
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	391
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	470

Anthropology Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Longwood. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Longwood 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 Longwood University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• 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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Anthropologists and Archeologists	100	$72,480
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	70	$84,130

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.