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2023 Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$14,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,722 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Anthropology Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 13 degrees and certificates were awarded to anthropology students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #109 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for anthropology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Anthropology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Anthropology

Our 2023 rankings named Western Washington University the best value school in Washington for anthropology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WWU are $12,490 per year.

Full Anthropology at Western Washington University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value anthropology schools in Washington. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW Seattle are $17,754 a year.

UW Seattle did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list.

Full Anthropology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Anthropology at Washington State University Report

Best Value Anthropology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 193
Oregon 28
Nevada 12
Hawaii 11
Alaska 6

One of 12 majors within the area of study, anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Deror avi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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