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.
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Top 5
District of Columbia
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Anthropology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Howard University
Washington, DC | 32
(2.3%) |  |  | |
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| | George Washington University
Washington, DC | 51
(2.1%) | |  | |
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| | Georgetown University
Washington, DC | 16
(0.9%) |  | | |
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| | American University
Washington, DC | 10
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| | Catholic University of America
Washington, DC | 4
(0.7%) |  | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.