Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what Southern Connecticut State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 2021, 7 of them were anthropology majors.

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

SCSU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

SCSU Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how SCSU performed in these rankings.

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 SCSU 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
	233
	240
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	310
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	372

Anthropology Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at SCSU 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	90	$84,020

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.