Anthropology at Union College New York

If you are interested in studying anthropology, you may want to check out the program at Union College New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Union College is located in Schenectady, New York and approximately 2,047 students attend the school each year. Of the 542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Union College New York in 2021, 13 of them were anthropology majors.

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

Union College Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Union College Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Union College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Union College 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 Schools	19
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Best Anthropology Schools	67
	114
	117
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	251
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Best Value Anthropology Schools	319

Anthropology Student Demographics at Union College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Union College New York.

Union College Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Union College since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Union College 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 Union College New York with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Union College New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	1,080	$112,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists	60	$67,860

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 Daniel Case under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.