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2023 Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,722 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Anthropology Master's Degree School for You

Anthropology is the #77 most popular major in Washington with 232 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for anthropology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Anthropology

Our 2023 rankings named Western Washington University the best value school in Washington for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WWU are $12,490 per year.

Full Anthropology at Western Washington University Report

Out of the 3 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $17,754 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

Read full report on Anthropology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great value for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $13,740 per year.

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Best Value Anthropology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Anthropology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,821
Oregon 235
Nevada 118
Hawaii 61
Alaska 27

Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Deror avi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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