Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

62 Best Universities in Pennsylvania for Anthropology

Focusing specifically on Anthropology, our data science engine identified the 62 most influential universities in Pennsylvania. To determine these leaders, we isolated 1.64M specialized research publications which collectively generated 64.92M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#10 in United States #11 in North America

5% Acceptance

1,947 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1740 Founded

2

University Park, PA

Pennsylvania State University

For Anthropology

#11 in United States #13 in North America

61% Acceptance

42,604 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

3

Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

For Anthropology

#28 in United States #32 in North America

58% Acceptance

25,900 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

4

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University

For Anthropology

#62 in United States #72 in North America

12% Acceptance

7,377 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1900 Founded

5

Philadelphia

Temple University

For Anthropology

#75 in United States #88 in North America

80% Acceptance

21,457 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1884 Founded

6

Philadelphia

Drexel University

For Anthropology

#100 in United States #117 in North America

79% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

7

Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson University

For Anthropology

#209 in United States #237 in North America

81% Acceptance

814 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1824 Founded

8

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University

For Anthropology

#211 in United States #239 in North America

26% Acceptance

5,911 Enrollment

1435 Avg SAT

1865 Founded

9

Selinsgrove

Susquehanna University

For Anthropology

#893 in United States #965 in North America

81% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1200 Avg SAT

1858 Founded

10

Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr College

For Anthropology

#314 in United States #350 in North America

29% Acceptance

1,360 Enrollment

1395 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

11

Bloomsburg

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#497 in United States #552 in North America

73% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1839 Founded

12

Philadelphia

University of the Sciences

For Anthropology

#661 in United States #722 in North America

69% Acceptance

4,473 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1821 Founded

13

California, PA

California University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#183 in United States #210 in North America

83% Acceptance

1470 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

14

Moon Township

Robert Morris University

For Anthropology

#614 in United States #673 in North America

90% Acceptance

5,135 Enrollment

1052 Avg SAT

1921 Founded

15

Pittsburgh

Duquesne University

For Anthropology

#214 in United States #243 in North America

84% Acceptance

6,885 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1878 Founded

16

Millersville

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#609 in United States #668 in North America

86% Acceptance

3,707 Enrollment

1115 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

17

Bethlehem, PA

Moravian College

For Anthropology

#774 in United States #841 in North America

54% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1742 Founded

18

Lancaster, PA

Franklin and Marshall College

For Anthropology

#378 in United States #421 in North America

28% Acceptance

1,808 Enrollment

1387 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

19

York, PA

York College of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#666 in United States #727 in North America

74% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1145 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

20

Swarthmore

Swarthmore College

For Anthropology

#265 in United States #297 in North America

7% Acceptance

1,623 Enrollment

1525 Avg SAT

1864 Founded

21

Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes University

For Anthropology

#852 in United States #921 in North America

91% Acceptance

17,560 Enrollment

1135 Avg SAT

1933 Founded

22

Saint Davids

Eastern University

For Anthropology

#643 in United States #703 in North America

91% Acceptance

442 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1952 Founded

23

Carlisle, PA

Dickinson College

For Anthropology

#573 in United States #632 in North America

42% Acceptance

2,311 Enrollment

1385 Avg SAT

1773 Founded

24

Pittsburgh

Chatham University

For Anthropology

#752 in United States #818 in North America

62% Acceptance

1,550 Enrollment

1183 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

25

Villanova

Villanova University

For Anthropology

#228 in United States #258 in North America

27% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1453 Avg SAT

1842 Founded

26

Shippensburg

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#456 in United States #505 in North America

87% Acceptance

4,371 Enrollment

1075 Avg SAT

1871 Founded

27

Clarion

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#934 in United States #1007 in North America

83% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

28

Philadelphia

Saint Joseph’s University

For Anthropology

#433 in United States #481 in North America

89% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

29

Elizabethtown, PA

Elizabethtown College

For Anthropology

#813 in United States #881 in North America

78% Acceptance

1,903 Enrollment

1208 Avg SAT

1899 Founded

30

Scranton

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

For Anthropology

#941 in United States #1014 in North America

100% Acceptance

64 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

2008 Founded

31

Erie

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

For Anthropology

#984 in United States #1057 in North America

11% Acceptance

2,901 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

32

Philadelphia

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

For Anthropology

#736 in United States #799 in North America

12% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

33

East Stroudsburg

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#798 in United States #865 in North America

92% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1090 Avg SAT

1893 Founded

34

Indiana, PA

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#259 in United States #291 in North America

91% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1075 Avg SAT

1875 Founded

35

Beaver Falls

For Anthropology

#709 in United States #771 in North America

100% Acceptance

1,029 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

36

Scranton

Marywood University

For Anthropology

#765 in United States #832 in North America

61% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1155 Avg SAT

1915 Founded

37

Slippery Rock

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#552 in United States #611 in North America

71% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1085 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

38

Mansfield, PA

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#766 in United States #833 in North America

87% Acceptance

442 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1857 Founded

39

Gettysburg

Gettysburg College

For Anthropology

#466 in United States #516 in North America

39% Acceptance

2,104 Enrollment

1365 Avg SAT

1832 Founded

40

Loretto

Saint Francis University

For Anthropology

#936 in United States #1009 in North America

77% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

1847 Founded

41

Edinboro

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#929 in United States #1002 in North America

83% Acceptance

3,070 Enrollment

1045 Avg SAT

1857 Founded

42

Philadelphia

La Salle University

For Anthropology

#460 in United States #509 in North America

97% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1863 Founded

43

Erie

Gannon University

For Anthropology

#801 in United States #868 in North America

74% Acceptance

14,074 Enrollment

1235 Avg SAT

1925 Founded

44

West Chester

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#308 in United States #344 in North America

78% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1871 Founded

45

Wilkes-Barre

King’s College – Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#540 in United States #597 in North America

93% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

46

New Wilmington

Westminster College

For Anthropology

#807 in United States #874 in North America

93% Acceptance

1,137 Enrollment

1008 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

47

Hershey

Pennsylvania State University – College of Medicine

For Anthropology

#315 in United States #351 in North America

10% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1967 Founded

48

Mechanicsburg

Messiah College

For Anthropology

#870 in United States #941 in North America

79% Acceptance

2,618 Enrollment

1230 Avg SAT

1909 Founded

49

Easton, PA

Lafayette College

For Anthropology

#431 in United States #479 in North America

31% Acceptance

2,775 Enrollment

1425 Avg SAT

1826 Founded

50

Allentown

Muhlenberg College

For Anthropology

#745 in United States #809 in North America

72% Acceptance

1,737 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

51

Philadelphia

Chestnut Hill College

For Anthropology

#627 in United States #687 in North America

74% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1924 Founded

52

Meadville

Allegheny College

For Anthropology

#557 in United States #616 in North America

55% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1266 Avg SAT

1815 Founded

53

Collegeville

Ursinus College

For Anthropology

#857 in United States #926 in North America

92% Acceptance

1,502 Enrollment

1293 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

54

Haverford

Haverford College

For Anthropology

#417 in United States #464 in North America

12% Acceptance

896 Enrollment

1505 Avg SAT

1833 Founded

55

Glenside

Arcadia University

For Anthropology

#653 in United States #714 in North America

80% Acceptance

2,030 Enrollment

1165 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

56

Dallas, PA

Misericordia University

For Anthropology

#743 in United States #807 in North America

71% Acceptance

835 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1924 Founded

57

Scranton

University of Scranton

For Anthropology

#487 in United States #541 in North America

81% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1239 Avg SAT

1888 Founded

58

Lincoln University

Lincoln University

For Anthropology

#782 in United States #849 in North America

66% Acceptance

1,765 Enrollment

890 Avg SAT

1854 Founded

59

Lewisburg, PA

Bucknell University

For Anthropology

#353 in United States #392 in North America

29% Acceptance

3,920 Enrollment

1390 Avg SAT

1846 Founded

60

Kutztown

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

For Anthropology

#538 in United States #595 in North America

91% Acceptance

4,588 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1866 Founded

61

Erie

Mercyhurst University

For Anthropology

#742 in United States #806 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1926 Founded

62

Chester, PA

Widener University

For Anthropology

#401 in United States #445 in North America

71% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1862 Founded