Anthropology at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,658. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Oberlin.

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

Oberlin Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Oberlin Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Oberlin 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 Oberlin 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	43
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Anthropology Schools	57
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	193
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	233
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	292
Best Value Anthropology Schools	308

Anthropology Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Oberlin awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Sociology
• Economics
• 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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	170	$85,410
Anthropologists and Archeologists	110	$63,280

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.