Anthropology at Weber State University

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

WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and approximately 29,596 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,700 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Weber State University in 2021, 5 of them were anthropology majors.

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

WSU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

WSU Anthropology Rankings

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

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 WSU 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 Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	201

Earnings of WSU Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSU is $21,470. 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 WSU

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

WSU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WSU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at WSU 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 Weber State University 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	1

WSU 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
• Geography & Cartography

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 UT, the home state for Weber State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Anthropologists and Archeologists	110	$66,410

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 D.fletcher4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.