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Medical Anthropology at Swarthmore College

Medical Anthropology at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437.

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

Swarthmore Medical Anthropology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Anthropology

Swarthmore Medical Anthropology Rankings

The medical anthropology major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical 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.

Medical Anthropology Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of medical anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in medical anthropology.

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

Careers That Medical Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical 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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Anthropology and Archeology Professors 230 $94,090
Anthropologists and Archeologists 70 $70,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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