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Sociology & anthropology at Harvard

Harvard graduates about 58 sociology & anthropology majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 4th of 580 schools we score for sociology & anthropology, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $46 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

96/100Standout#4 of 580 for sociology & anthropology →
Graduates a year583% of the class
Research in the field$46Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Harvard

Happened to catch the glow of the evening sun reflecting on Memorial Hall today.
Memorial Hall, Perfect Evening Light (6670591133)Photo: Tim Sackton from Somerville, MA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
A rack for locking electric scooters outside Cabot Science Library at Harvard Un
Electric scooter rack outside Cabot Science Library Harvard Feb 2025Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0 · source
Camera location42° 22′ 35.43″ N, 71° 06′ 57.87″ W View this and other nearby ima
Gregorian telescope circa 1735 in Putnam Gallery, 2009-11-24Photo: Sage Ross · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Person in a wheelchair entering an inbound Red Line train at Harvard Square
Wheelchair user on the Red Line at Harvard station, June 2012jpgPhoto: ArnoldReinhold · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where sociology & anthropology happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Tozzer Anthropology Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 130 · Dorm 62 · Student housing 22 · Arts 6 · Library 6 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the sociology & anthropology ranking

  1. Washington University in St. Louis 97
  2. Dartmouth College 97
  3. Princeton University 97
  4. Columbia University 96
  5. Northwestern University 95
  6. Duke University 95
  7. Brown University 95
  8. University of California, Los Angeles 94

Other strong majors at Harvard

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Harvard with every school we score in sociology & anthropology. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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