Anthropology at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Widener.

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

Widener Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Widener Anthropology Rankings

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

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 Widener 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
	82
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best Anthropology Schools	154

Anthropology Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Widener in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• 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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	230	$94,090
Anthropologists and Archeologists	70	$70,770

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:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.