52 Best colleges for Anthropology in Massachusetts

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Anthropology. A graph of 2.13M citations received by 52.4K academic papers made by 52 universities in Massachusetts was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Anthropology

#2 in the United States

#3 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,525

2. Boston University

Boston

For Anthropology

#41 in the United States

#47 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $24,420

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Anthropology

#43 in the United States

#50 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1550
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,996

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Anthropology

#67 in the United States

#77 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 89%

5. Boston College

Boston

For Anthropology

#84 in the United States

#100 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,519

6. Tufts University

Medford

For Anthropology

#89 in the United States

#106 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,367

7. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Anthropology

#95 in the United States

#112 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 92%

8. Northeastern University

Boston

For Anthropology

#108 in the United States

#125 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $34,207

9. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Anthropology

#154 in the United States

#178 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $43,550

10. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Anthropology

#170 in the United States

#196 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,489
Male:Female: 31:69
Founded: 1962

11. Clark University

Worcester

For Anthropology

#180 in the United States

#207 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1374
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,865

12. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Anthropology

#238 in the United States

#268 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 92%

13. Smith College

Northampton

For Anthropology

#243 in the United States

#275 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $27,305

14. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Anthropology

#261 in the United States

#293 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1510
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,174

15. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Anthropology

#298 in the United States

#334 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Net Price: $47,372
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,545

16. Simmons University

Boston

For Anthropology

#312 in the United States

#348 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,691

17. Williams College

Williamstown

For Anthropology

#324 in the United States

#361 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $15,894

18. Bentley University

Waltham

For Anthropology

#340 in the United States

#377 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $45,802

19. Babson College

Wellesley

For Anthropology

#354 in the United States

#394 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $32,019

20. Suffolk University

Boston

For Anthropology

#357 in the United States

#397 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $33,832

21. Amherst College

Amherst

For Anthropology

#361 in the United States

#402 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,049

22. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Anthropology

#368 in the United States

#410 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,526

23. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Anthropology

#374 in the United States

#417 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,672
Male:Female: 14:86
Founded: 1977

24. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Anthropology

#398 in the United States

#442 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 99%

25. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Anthropology

#454 in the United States

#503 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $36,014

26. Emerson College

Boston

For Anthropology

#494 in the United States

#548 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $53,432

27. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Anthropology

#511 in the United States

#567 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1162
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 96%

28. Dean College

Franklin

For Anthropology

#528 in the United States

#585 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $32,085
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,958

29. Salem State University

Salem

For Anthropology

#542 in the United States

#600 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $10,319
Enrollment: 6,230

30. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Anthropology

#565 in the United States

#624 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $27,895
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $46,145

31. Springfield College

Springfield

For Anthropology

#579 in the United States

#638 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,039

32. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Anthropology

#601 in the United States

#660 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Net Price: $32,587
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $19,167

33. Fisher College

Boston

For Anthropology

#602 in the United States

#661 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $28,596
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $25,379

34. MCPHS University

Boston

For Anthropology

#645 in the United States

#706 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1288
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $41,506

35. William James College

Newton

For Anthropology

#652 in the United States

#713 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 967
Male:Female: 19:81
Founded: 1974

36. Western New England University

Springfield

For Anthropology

#659 in the United States

#720 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $27,056

37. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Anthropology

#685 in the United States

#746 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $38,504
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,550

38. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Anthropology

#711 in the United States

#773 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1255
Net Price: $31,121
Receiving Aid: 100%

39. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Anthropology

#724 in the United States

#786 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1190
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $11,338

40. Bay State College

Boston

For Anthropology

#727 in the United States

#789 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $43,020
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,243

41. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Anthropology

#749 in the United States

#815 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $30,701

42. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Anthropology

#770 in the United States

#837 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 163
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1921

43. Assumption College

Worcester

For Anthropology

#771 in the United States

#838 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $29,748
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $35,905

44. Curry College

Milton

For Anthropology

#789 in the United States

#856 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1140
Net Price: $29,917
Receiving Aid: 100%

45. Endicott College

Beverly

For Anthropology

#794 in the United States

#861 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1267
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $41,394

46. Stonehill College

Easton

For Anthropology

#796 in the United States

#863 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Net Price: $33,385
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,344

47. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Anthropology

#829 in the United States

#898 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,054
Enrollment: 4,588

48. Regis College

Weston

For Anthropology

#851 in the United States

#920 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $28,575
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $37,193

49. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Anthropology

#858 in the United States

#927 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1155
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,464

50. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Anthropology

#873 in the United States

#944 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1526
Net Price: $43,184
Receiving Aid: 100%

51. Gordon College

Wenham

For Anthropology

#959 in the United States

#1032 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1243
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $25,299

52. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Anthropology

#974 in the United States

#1047 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1145
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $11,539

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Anthropology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	9	70
Connecticut	18	15
New Hampshire	8	119
Vermont	6	136
New York	95	8
New Jersey	20	24
Maine	7	234
Pennsylvania	62	10
Maryland	22	6
District of Columbia	9	59
Virginia	26	42
West Virginia	4	122
Ohio	36	22
North Carolina	26	9
Michigan	22	1
South Carolina	15	44
Indiana	22	46
Kentucky	16	57
Tennessee	21	60
Wisconsin	21	16
Georgia	31	27
Illinois	43	13
Alabama	14	66
Iowa	9	50
Missouri	20	37
Florida	30	33
Minnesota	24	17
Mississippi	7	204
Arkansas	9	172
Louisiana	16	97
Kansas	8	63
South Dakota	5	268
North Dakota	3	241
Nebraska	6	64
Oklahoma	9	92
Puerto Rico	8	389
Texas	57	21
Colorado	17	56
Montana	3	219
New Mexico	6	58
Utah	9	39
Idaho	3	247
Arizona	7	14
Nevada	3	128
Washington	19	3
Oregon	15	103
California	91	4
Alaska	3	292
Hawaii	5	54