{"id":40802251617,"date":"2020-12-08T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802251617"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:37:21","slug":"monmouth-among-college-factuals-2021-best-colleges-for-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-among-college-factuals-2021-best-colleges-for-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth Among College Factual&#8217;s 2021 Best Colleges for Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The anthropology program at Monmouth University is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegefactual.com\/majors\/social-sciences\/anthropology\/rankings\/top-ranked\/#:~:text=Monmouth%20University&amp;text=This%20school%20ranks%20487th%20out,study%20anthropology%20in%20United%20States\">no. 8 in the College Factual 2021 national rankings of anthropology programs<\/a> in a top-10 cohort that includes Brandeis University, Columbia University, New York University, UCLA, University of Virginia, and UNC Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p>College Factual\u2019s \u201cBest Colleges for Anthropology\u201d 2021 ranking analyzed 125 colleges and universities that offer a bachelor&#8217;s degree in anthropology, weighing 20 factors to determine the top 15% of schools for anthropology students.\u00a0 Factors with high and medium weight include post-graduate salary, percentage of students at the college in the major, percentage of all U.S. bachelor\u2019s degree graduates in that major, related majors at the institution, and overall college quality.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210421234540\/https:\/\/inside.collegefactual.com\/methodologies\/rankings-by-major-the-quick-version\">methodology<\/a>, College Factual emphasizes, \u201cthe overall quality of a school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this, we consider a school&#8217;s overall\u00a0Best Colleges\u00a0ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College Factual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegefactual.com\/colleges\/monmouth-university\/rankings\/badges\/\">awarded 51 badges<\/a> to Monmouth University in its 2021 rankings, with the University landing at #487 out of 1,715 colleges and universities on its list of &#8220;Best Colleges.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The anthropology program at Monmouth University is no. 8 in the College Factual 2021 national rankings of anthropology programs in a top-10 cohort that includes Brandeis University, Columbia University, New York University, UCLA, University of Virginia, and UNC Chapel Hill. 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