Best Colleges for Anthropology 2025

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Anthropology graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Anthropology Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	Duke University Durham, NC	$65,916	$65,805	7%	6,417
2	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$56,5501yr	$64,460	61%	7,106
3	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$54,960	$64,946	35%	3,663
4	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$54,062	$45,627	12%	33,073
5	Emory University Atlanta, GA	$53,024	$60,774	11%	7,275
6	Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ	$52,135	$44,850	90%	3,831
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$51,191	$41,997	43%	31,588
8	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	$50,875	$19,304	96%	20,033
9	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$50,422	$40,306	45%	30,246
10	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$49,465	$29,453	38%	14,401
11	George Washington University Washington, DC	$49,003	$64,990	44%	10,848
12	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	$48,746	$18,953	87%	36,956
13	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	$48,634	$40,025	82%	16,361
14	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$48,435	$45,742	28%	23,205
15	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	$47,827	$30,790	76%	20,497
16	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	$47,280	$35,664	79%	29,557
17	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR	$47,280	$34,944	68%	1,054
18	Boston University Boston, MA	$47,165	$65,168	11%	17,850
19	Fordham University Bronx, NY	$46,873	$61,992	56%	10,239
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$46,678	$58,072	18%	33,488