Demographics — Anthropology, Northwestern University

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 82 Anthropology programs
Range of rankings ?23-42

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 56%
Minority faculty 6%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 37%
Women 63%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 83%
Temporary visa holders 17%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 9%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 79%
Hispanic / Latino 9%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 0%

Enrollment Status

Full time 100%
Part time 0%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 56%
Women 44%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 77%
Temporary visa holders 23%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 4%
Native American 0%
Asian 8%
White 45%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 17%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 74%
Part-time 26%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all degree recipients in the field from Northwestern University and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.