Anthropology at University of Maine

Every anthropology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the anthropology program at University of Maine stacks up to those at other schools.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741.

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

UMaine Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UMaine Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at UMaine 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.

Anthropology Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at UMaine since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Other Anthropology

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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	30	$87,240

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.