Best Universities for Anthropology in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Anthropology. A graph of 25.3M citations received by 963K academic papers made by 1,028 universities in North America 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. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Anthropology

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

2. Harvard University

For Anthropology

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

3. University of Toronto

For Anthropology

#1 in Canada
#3 in the World
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

4. University of California - Los Angeles

For Anthropology

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For Anthropology

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

6. Stanford University

For Anthropology

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

7. University of California - Berkeley

For Anthropology

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Anthropology

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

9. Columbia University

For Anthropology

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

10. Johns Hopkins University

For Anthropology

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

11. University of California - San Francisco

For Anthropology

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

12. Pennsylvania State University

For Anthropology

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

13. University of British Columbia

For Anthropology

#2 in Canada
#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

14. University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

15. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Anthropology

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

16. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Anthropology

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

17. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Anthropology

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

18. New York University

For Anthropology

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

19. Yale University

For Anthropology

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Anthropology

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

21. University of Southern California

For Anthropology

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

22. Ohio State University

For Anthropology

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

23. Cornell University

For Anthropology

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

24. University of Texas at Austin

For Anthropology

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

25. University of Chicago

For Anthropology

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

26. University of Arizona

For Anthropology

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

27. University of Alberta

For Anthropology

#3 in Canada
#36 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

28. Michigan State University

For Anthropology

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

29. McGill University

For Anthropology

#4 in Canada
#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

30. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Anthropology

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

31. Emory University

For Anthropology

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

32. University of California-San Diego

For Anthropology

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

33. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Anthropology

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

34. University of Pittsburgh

For Anthropology

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

35. McMaster University

For Anthropology

#5 in Canada
#49 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

36. Duke University

For Anthropology

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

37. University of California - Davis

For Anthropology

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

38. University of Maryland - College Park

For Anthropology

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

39. University of Florida

For Anthropology

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

40. Northwestern University

For Anthropology

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

41. University of South Florida

For Anthropology

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

42. Washington University in St Louis

For Anthropology

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

43. University of Calgary

For Anthropology

#6 in Canada
#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

44. Boston University

For Anthropology

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

45. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Anthropology

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

46. University of California - Irvine

For Anthropology

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

47. University of Utah

For Anthropology

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

48. University of Virginia

For Anthropology

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

49. University of Ottawa

For Anthropology

#7 in Canada
#87 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

50. Western University

For Anthropology

#8 in Canada
#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

51. University of Iowa

For Anthropology

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

52. University of Miami

For Anthropology

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

53. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Anthropology

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

54. Princeton University

For Anthropology

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

55. University of Georgia

For Anthropology

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

56. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Anthropology

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

57. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Anthropology

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
80%

58. Queen's University

For Anthropology

#9 in Canada
#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

59. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Anthropology

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

60. York University

For Anthropology

#10 in Canada
#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

61. University of New Mexico

For Anthropology

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

62. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Anthropology

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

63. Case Western Reserve University

For Anthropology

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

64. University of Kentucky

For Anthropology

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

65. University of Connecticut

For Anthropology

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

66. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Anthropology

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

67. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Anthropology

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

68. Vanderbilt University

For Anthropology

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

69. Florida State University

For Anthropology

#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

70. University of Colorado Boulder

For Anthropology

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

71. George Washington University

For Anthropology

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

72. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Anthropology

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

73. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Anthropology

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

74. Georgia State University

For Anthropology

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

75. Brown University

For Anthropology

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

76. University of Kansas

For Anthropology

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

77. Wayne State University

For Anthropology

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

78. Carnegie Mellon University

For Anthropology

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

79. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Anthropology

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

80. University of Montreal

For Anthropology

#11 in Canada
#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

81. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Anthropology

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

82. Simon Fraser University

For Anthropology

#12 in Canada
#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

83. Providence College

For Anthropology

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

84. Iowa State University

For Anthropology

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

85. Seattle University

For Anthropology

#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

86. San Diego State University

For Anthropology

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

87. Temple University

For Anthropology

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

88. University at Buffalo

For Anthropology

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

89. George Mason University

For Anthropology

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

90. Syracuse University

For Anthropology

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

91. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Anthropology

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

92. University of Rochester

For Anthropology

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

93. University of Cincinnati

For Anthropology

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

94. Georgetown University

For Anthropology

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

95. Dalhousie University

For Anthropology

#13 in Canada
#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
30,867
Founded
1818

96. University of Manitoba

For Anthropology

#14 in Canada
#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
29,800
Founded
1877

97. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Anthropology

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

98. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Anthropology

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

99. Boston College

For Anthropology

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

100. University of Waterloo

For Anthropology

#15 in Canada
#185 in the World
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957