Anthropology at St Mary’s College of Maryland

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what St Mary's College of Maryland has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from SMCM.

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

SMCM Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

SMCM Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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	25
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Best Value Anthropology Schools	200
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
	285
	291
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	324

Earnings of SMCM Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMCM is $22,277. This is less than $25,284, which is the national average of all anthropology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Anthropology Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from SMCM. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• 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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Anthropologists and Archeologists	100	$53,680
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	50	$101,930

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.