Anthropology Department

tk21769
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:54:48 +0000

There are few tools available to assess the quality of individual undergraduate departments, especially at LACs. Browse the online course descriptions and faculty bios to compare coverage of the areas you want.

The following list shows the number of alumni of those 5 schools who earned PhDs in anthro from 2006 through 2010:

School … Number of Earned Doctorates
Bryn Mawr College 11
Barnard College 7
Mount Holyoke College 7
Wellesley College 6
Smith College 4
(Source: https://webcaspar.nsf.gov/)

Bryn Mawr has the advantage of the consortium arrangement with Haverford, Swarthmore, and Penn.