2025 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in anthropology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 bachelor's degrees in anthropology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to anthropology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of anthropology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt anthropology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized anthropology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Anthropology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Anthropology in Nevada

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

Top Nevada Schools for a Bachelor's in Anthropology

1

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

26 Annual Graduates

$27,907 Median Starting Salary

University of Nevada - Reno is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the anthropology program make an average of $27,907 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Nevada - Reno

2

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

45 Annual Graduates

$33,787 Median Starting Salary

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a very large student population.

Those anthropology students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas earn $2,940 more than the standard anthropology student.

More information about a bachelor’s in anthropology from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best Anthropology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	1,780
Washington	226	219
Oregon	185	203
Hawaii	112	50
Alaska	75	21

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Rankings in Majors Related to Anthropology

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Anthropology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	71

Most Popular Majors Related to Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	153
Economics	108
Sociology	79
Urban Studies	32
General Social Sciences	30
International Relations & National Security	28
Geography & Cartography	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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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