Anthropology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you are interested in studying anthropology, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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 Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UT Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at UT Rio Grande Valley 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 Rio Grande Valley 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 Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
	360
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	397

Anthropology Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• General Social Sciences
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.