51 Best colleges for Anthropology in Massachusetts

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Anthropology. A graph of 1.46M citations received by 46K academic papers made by 51 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

#2 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

2. Boston University

Boston

For Anthropology

#38 in the United States

#44 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,829

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Anthropology

#48 in the United States

#56 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 36
Net Price: $20,232

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Anthropology

#70 in the United States

#81 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 91%

5. Boston College

Boston

For Anthropology

#85 in the United States

#99 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,559

6. Tufts University

Medford

For Anthropology

#90 in the United States

#106 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,479

7. Northeastern University

Boston

For Anthropology

#125 in the United States

#143 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $35,827

8. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Anthropology

#132 in the United States

#152 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

9. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Anthropology

#156 in the United States

#177 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,565

10. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Anthropology

#175 in the United States

#201 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,352
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1962

11. Clark University

Worcester

For Anthropology

#187 in the United States

#214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $32,053

12. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Anthropology

#234 in the United States

#264 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1259
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

13. Smith College

Northampton

For Anthropology

#249 in the United States

#281 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $30,790

14. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Anthropology

#265 in the United States

#298 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,362

15. Simmons University

Boston

For Anthropology

#303 in the United States

#338 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $24,423

16. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Anthropology

#310 in the United States

#346 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Net Price: $46,876
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $27,059

17. Williams College

Williamstown

For Anthropology

#318 in the United States

#355 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,965

18. Amherst College

Amherst

For Anthropology

#333 in the United States

#370 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,367

19. Bentley University

Waltham

For Anthropology

#336 in the United States

#373 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1339
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $44,233

20. Babson College

Wellesley

For Anthropology

#343 in the United States

#380 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $28,400

21. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Anthropology

#346 in the United States

#385 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,765

22. Suffolk University

Boston

For Anthropology

#356 in the United States

#395 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $32,270

23. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Anthropology

#391 in the United States

#434 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1140
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 98%

24. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Anthropology

#395 in the United States

#438 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,353
Male:Female: 15:85
Founded: 1977

25. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Anthropology

#464 in the United States

#514 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,679

26. Dean College

Franklin

For Anthropology

#491 in the United States

#544 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $32,219
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,972

27. Emerson College

Boston

For Anthropology

#509 in the United States

#563 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $51,432

28. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Anthropology

#534 in the United States

#591 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

29. Salem State University

Salem

For Anthropology

#540 in the United States

#598 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1098
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,562

30. Springfield College

Springfield

For Anthropology

#564 in the United States

#623 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,930

31. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Anthropology

#567 in the United States

#626 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Net Price: $24,087
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $44,835

32. William James College

Newton

For Anthropology

#593 in the United States

#652 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 897
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1974

33. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Anthropology

#613 in the United States

#672 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $32,414
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $16,279

34. Western New England University

Springfield

For Anthropology

#637 in the United States

#697 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,214

35. MCPHS University

Boston

For Anthropology

#640 in the United States

#700 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $38,776

36. Fisher College

Boston

For Anthropology

#645 in the United States

#706 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $26,257
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $25,406

37. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Anthropology

#686 in the United States

#748 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,273

38. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Anthropology

#700 in the United States

#762 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1105
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $8,069

39. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Anthropology

#706 in the United States

#768 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $37,296
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $27,729

40. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Anthropology

#767 in the United States

#833 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $6,904
Enrollment: 4,702

41. Curry College

Milton

For Anthropology

#773 in the United States

#839 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Net Price: $31,091
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,402

42. Stonehill College

Easton

For Anthropology

#778 in the United States

#844 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,021
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $34,710

43. Bay State College

Boston

For Anthropology

#784 in the United States

#850 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Net Price: $43,020
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,243

44. Regis College

Weston

For Anthropology

#821 in the United States

#888 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $30,014
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,088

45. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Anthropology

#832 in the United States

#901 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 212
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1921

46. Endicott College

Beverly

For Anthropology

#845 in the United States

#914 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $39,496

47. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Anthropology

#847 in the United States

#916 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $32,863

48. Assumption College

Worcester

For Anthropology

#848 in the United States

#917 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $28,911
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,492

49. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Anthropology

#876 in the United States

#946 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1118
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 100%

50. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Anthropology

#928 in the United States

#1000 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

51. Gordon College

Wenham

For Anthropology

#942 in the United States

#1014 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,483

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Anthropology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	9	65
Connecticut	18	17
New Hampshire	8	120
Vermont	5	135
New York	95	8
New Jersey	20	26
Maine	7	220
Pennsylvania	60	11
Maryland	20	9
District of Columbia	9	61
Virginia	26	42
West Virginia	3	126
Ohio	33	20
North Carolina	23	7
Michigan	20	1
South Carolina	13	45
Indiana	21	56
Kentucky	14	54
Tennessee	20	58
Wisconsin	19	13
Georgia	30	27
Illinois	42	18
Alabama	13	63
Iowa	8	43
Missouri	20	37
Florida	29	34
Minnesota	24	14
Mississippi	6	199
Arkansas	8	176
Louisiana	15	91
Kansas	8	66
South Dakota	5	258
North Dakota	4	238
Nebraska	6	57
Oklahoma	9	95
Puerto Rico	7	402
Texas	56	22
Colorado	15	60
Montana	3	209
New Mexico	6	51
Utah	7	41
Idaho	3	247
Arizona	7	15
Washington	17	4
Oregon	14	99
California	86	3
Hawaii	5	49