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 9
Oregon
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Anthropology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
|  | Reed College Portland, OR | 23 (7.7%) |  |  | |
|  | Willamette University Salem, OR | 20 (4.4%) |  |  | |
|  | University of Oregon Eugene, OR | 88 (2.4%) |  | - | |
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|  | Linfield College McMinnville, OR | 5 (1.5%) |  |  | |
|  | Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR | 8 (1.2%) |  |  | |
|  | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 28 (0.9%) |  |  | |
|  | Marylhurst University Marylhurst, OR | 1 (0.7%) |  |  | |
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|  | Portland State University Portland, OR | 16 (0.5%) |  |  | |
|  | Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | 3 (0.4%) |  |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.