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Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Asheville

Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Asheville

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Asheville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 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.

UNCA Anthropology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UNCA Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at UNCA 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 UNCA

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

UNCA Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Anthropology

If you plan to be a anthropology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Asheville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Anthropology 14

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Anthropology and Archeology Professors 240 $86,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists 80 $63,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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