<p>OUT OF THIS
Social and culture anthropology:</p>
<p>Boston University
Penn State
Rice University
University of Michigan
USC
University of Connecticut</p>
<p>I would say:
Rice
Boston
USC
UMich</p>
<p>and the rest are basically the same.</p>
<p>U of Chicago has a pretty amazing Anthropology major from what I have heard. JHU has a rising one.</p>
<p>Michigan is the best of those six.</p>
<p>Beloit College has an amazing anthropology program and is the second highest producer of PhDs for anthropology. It has one of the only college run anthropological museums in the US and has amazing faculty. It opens up a wide variety of post graduate opportunities.</p>
<p>University of Michigan
University of Chicago
University of California-Berkeley
Harvard
Penn
Stanford
Yale
UCLA
University of Arizona</p>
<p>Among LACs, Beloit, Bowdoin, Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, and Wesleyan are good.</p>
<p>It depends on what you want to study within cultural anthropology, but I agree that Michigan has far and away the best anthro program on your list.</p>
<p>Penn State is a bit of an iffy choice, depending on what you want to do. Bioanth and archaeology are very strong, but it's weaker in culanth.</p>
<p>Boston U has a decent program with a sociological slant; the program is primarily centered around Africa and the Middle East. Archaeology, which is its own department, is extremely strong.</p>
<p>USC's program almost entirely consists of cultural anth, with a decent geographic spread.</p>
<p>I don't know much about the programs at Rice or UConn, but neither is particularly known for anthropology- although UConn (along with CWRU) is one of the best places for medical anthro.</p>
<p>(Are posters unable to prevent themselves from adding suggestions? The OP didn't ask for opinions about other colleges. :p)</p>
<p>Chronicle</a> Facts & Figures: Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index</p>
<p>This will at least show you which departments have the highest publication rates/faculty.</p>
<p>The link belevitt posted is an awesome tool. But, I would not "totally" judge how good the undergraduate department truly is based off of that data. Al ot of times professors at research universities are more focused on other things then their students.</p>
<p>what about columbia?</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump</p>
<p>
Columbia excels at anthropology. You could study pretty much any facet of the subject there, with the notable exception of linguistics (somewhat making a comeback).</p>
<p>Michigan, of the ones you mention. And look into Chicago.</p>