2023 Best Value Anthropology Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Anthropology School for You

In 2020-2021, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to anthropology students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #107 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Anthropology Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Anthropology Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Anthropology Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Anthropology

#1

George Washington University

Washington, DC

10 Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$57,984 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for anthropology students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Anthropology Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#2

American University

Washington, DC

9 Degrees

#3 in Quality in District of Columbia

$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Anthropology Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The American University is ranked #3 for overall quality for anthropology in District of Columbia.

Read full report on Anthropology at American University

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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