2023 Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree School for You
Anthropology is the #77 most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 87 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the anthropology doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 15% Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Teachers College at Columbia University the best school in the United States for anthropology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rice University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best anthropology schools in the United States. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best anthropology schools in the United States. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
Out of the 87 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for anthropology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Princeton University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Vanderbilt University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
Northwestern University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree anthropology programs. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
Johns Hopkins University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Harvard University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Cornell University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree anthropology programs. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
With a ranking of #13, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for anthropology students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
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Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Anthropology Doctor's Degree Schools award.
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14 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN |
15 | Brown University | Providence, RI |
16 | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
17 | University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley, CA |
Anthropology by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Anthropology
Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
Economics | 49,055 |
Sociology | 38,475 |
General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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