Anthropology at University of Iowa

What traits are you looking for in a anthropology school? To help you decide if University of Iowa is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's anthropology program.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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

Iowa Anthropology Degrees Available

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

Iowa Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at Iowa 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #77 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Iowa Anthropology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of anthropology master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Anthropology

Anthropology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Anthropology	34

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Economics

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	50	$91,410

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.