2026 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in Massachusetts
[Cultural Anthropology](/majors/social-sciences/anthropology/cultural-anthropology/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong cultural anthropology education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for cultural anthropology students.
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2026 Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools in Massachusetts
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the cultural anthropology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Cultural Anthropology Schools
For return on investment in cultural anthropology, no school beat Boston University this year. Set in the city of Boston, Boston University is a very large private not-for-profit institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $68,102. Students borrow a median of $25,250 to complete the cultural anthropology program here. Early-career cultural anthropology graduates make about $26,934. That is a strong return on a $25,250 median debt. Boston University admits about 11% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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