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.
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2023 Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the anthropology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Anthropology Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the 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 excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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 very large public school located in the city of Madison.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great value for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ball State also is in the top 20% of our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree anthropology programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
Read full report on Anthropology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Kent State University at Kent 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college 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.
With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.
Read full report on Anthropology at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Best 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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