Anthropology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. Of the 632 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2021, 19 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.

UH Hilo Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UH Hilo Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at UH Hilo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at UH Hilo 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	18
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best Anthropology Schools	359

Anthropology Student Demographics at UH Hilo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at University of Hawaii at Hilo.

UH Hilo Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Hilo, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Anthropologists and Archeologists	130	$82,550

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.