Anthropology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UT Knoxville.

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

UT Knoxville Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UT Knoxville offers distance education options for anthropology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UT Knoxville Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Popular Online Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value Anthropology Schools	107
	242

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #124 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from UT Knoxville Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $24,635. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Knoxville Anthropology Master’s Program

Of the 2 anthropology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Knoxville, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a anthropology master's degree from UT Knoxville, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Geography & Cartography
• Economics
• Sociology
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Anthropologists and Archeologists	50	$59,690

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.