Anthropology at Pomona College

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

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Pomona.

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

Pomona Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Pomona Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Pomona 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 Pomona 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Anthropology Schools	13
	29
	31
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	68
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Best Value Anthropology Schools	165
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	392

Anthropology Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Pomona. About 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.