Anthropology at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from SSU.

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

SSU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

SSU Anthropology Rankings

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

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 SSU 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 Value Anthropology Schools	25
	30
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best Anthropology Schools	91

Earnings of SSU Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SSU is $32,634. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 29% higher than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology bachelor's degree recipients.

Anthropology Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from SSU. About 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at SSU since its program graduates 10% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SSU 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
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.