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Overview for Anthropology

A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and prehistoric archeology, hominid evolution, anthropological linguistics, ethnography, ethnology, ethnohistory, socio-cultural anthropology, psychological anthropology, research methods, and applications to areas such as medicine, forensic pathology, museum studies, and international affairs.

Careers for Anthropology Majors

A major in Anthropology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Anthropology

Top 7 Connecticut Colleges with the highest percentage of Anthropology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
 15
(2.8%)
Highly Selective$38,720 
Connecticut College
New London, CT
 11
(2.5%)
Highly Selective- 
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
 14
(1.9%)
Most Selective$38,634 
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Yale University
New Haven, CT
 23
(1.7%)
Most Selective$35,300 
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
 29
(0.6%)
Moderately Selective$21,912 
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
 6
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$16,179 
 Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
 5
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$16,316 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.