Anthropology at Rhode Island College

Every anthropology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the anthropology program at Rhode Island College stacks up to those at other schools.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from RIC.

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

RIC Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

RIC Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at RIC 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 RIC 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 Schools	448

Anthropology Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at RIC awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Managers	830	$114,660

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.