Anthropology at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from USD.

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

USD Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

USD Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how USD performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at USD 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
	348
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	381

Anthropology Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from USD. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Managers	370	$99,030
Anthropologists and Archeologists	50	$52,340

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.