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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 44 New York Colleges with the highest percentage of Anthropology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Wells College
Aurora, NY
 4
(4.9%)
Moderately Selective$19,080 
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
 10
(3.4%)
Less Selective$31,900 
Barnard College
New York, NY
 16
(2.8%)
Most Selective$37,538 
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Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
 17
(2.7%)
Most Selective$38,888 
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
 17
(2.7%)
Most Selective$40,210 
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
 31
(2.2%)
Highly Selective$8,980 
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
 15
(2.0%)
Most Selective$12,061 
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St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
 10
(2.0%)
Highly Selective$37,915 
SUNY College at Postdam
Potsdam, NY
 14
(2.0%)
Moderately Selective$11,775 
SUNY at Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
 22
(1.9%)
Highly Selective$11,918 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.