Anthropology at Southwestern University

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

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and approximately 1,506 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Southwestern.

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

Southwestern Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Southwestern Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Southwestern 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 Southwestern 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	54
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	59
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	392

Anthropology Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from Southwestern in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

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 Southwestern University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 TX, the home state for Southwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	380	$87,570
Anthropologists and Archeologists	280	$71,590

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.