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2023 Best Value Anthropology Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,620 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,804 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Anthropology School for You

Anthropology is the #112 most popular major in Alabama with 13 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Anthropology Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama 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 Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Anthropology

$8,568 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alabama at Birmingham to be the best value school for anthropology students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAB are $8,568 a year.

UAB also made our Best Anthropology Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Anthropology at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Alabama is a great value for anthropology students. UA is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA are $11,620 per year.

UA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Anthropology Schools in Alabama list.

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Best Value Anthropology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Anthropology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 22
Florida 82
Georgia 37
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 15
Kentucky 14
Louisiana 15
South Carolina 3
Mississippi 15
Arkansas 5

Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Anthropology

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 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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