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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 8 New Jersey Colleges with the highest percentage of Anthropology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Drew University
Madison, NJ
 10
(3.0%)
Moderately Selective$36,720 
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
 27
(2.8%)
Moderately Selective$24,098 
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
 22
(1.9%)
Most Selective$34,290 
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Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
 20
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$14,616 
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ
 12
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$17,050 
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
 40
(0.7%)
Moderately Selective$21,488 
Rutgers University-Newark
Newark, NJ
 5
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$21,031 
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Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
 4
(0.4%)
Less Selective$30,220 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.