Anthropology at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitman.

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

Whitman Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Whitman Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Whitman 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 Whitman 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	53
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	372
	377
Best Value Anthropology Schools	384
	385
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	392

Anthropology Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in anthropology from Whitman in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Whitman 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 Whitman College 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	2

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

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 Whitman College.

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.