Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from VCU.

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

VCU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

VCU Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at VCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at VCU 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
Best Anthropology Schools	307

How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $21,118. This is less than $25,284, which is the national average of all anthropology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Anthropology Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at VCU 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• Other Social Sciences
• Urban Studies
• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Anthropologists and Archeologists	100	$72,480
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	70	$84,130

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.