Anthropology at Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 1,166 students attend the school each year. Of the 270 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wisconsin Lutheran College 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.

WLC Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Online Classes Are Available at WLC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

WLC does offer online education options in anthropology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WLC Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how WLC 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 WLC 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 Popular Online Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Online Anthropology Schools	20
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	66
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	345

Anthropology Student Demographics at WLC

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

WLC Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from WLC. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at WLC since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

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

WLC 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
• 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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	150	$72,540
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$55,720

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.