Anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University

What traits are you looking for in a anthropology school? To help you decide if Pacific Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's anthropology program.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from PLU.

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

PLU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

PLU Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at PLU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at PLU 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	70
Best Anthropology Schools	142
	167

Anthropology Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Criminology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics
• 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	270	$78,690
Anthropologists and Archeologists	190	$74,300

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.