2023 Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Anthropology Master'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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for anthropology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Anthropology Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for anthropology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.
Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 3 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.
UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.
UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ball State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value anthropology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.
Ball State also claimed a spot on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for anthropology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.
UIUC also made our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Kent State University at Kent came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree anthropology programs. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.
UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Anthropology Colleges by State
Explore the best anthropology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 254 |
| Ohio | 295 |
| Illinois | 288 |
| Indiana | 201 |
| Wisconsin | 141 |
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Majors Related to Anthropology
Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Anthropology
| 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 21 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).
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