Anthropology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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 Washington - Seattle Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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

UW Seattle Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

UW Seattle Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at UW Seattle 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	25
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Anthropology

The following anthropology concentations are available at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Anthropology	62
Cultural Anthropology	2

Related Majors

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

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	270	$78,690
Anthropologists and Archeologists	190	$74,300

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.