Anthropology at University of New Orleans

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

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 8,375 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UNO.

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

UNO Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UNO Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at UNO 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 UNO 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 Popular Anthropology Schools	368

Anthropology Student Demographics at UNO

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

UNO Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from UNO in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at UNO since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 New Orleans with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• Urban Studies
• 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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Anthropologists and Archeologists	100	$68,690

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.