Anthropology at Westmont College

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

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2,021, 1 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.

Westmont Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Westmont Anthropology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Westmont 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
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	395
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	525

Anthropology Student Demographics at Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Westmont College.

Westmont Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Westmont.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Westmont College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.