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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 9 Oregon Colleges with the highest percentage of Anthropology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Reed College
Portland, OR
 23
(7.7%)
Highly Selective$37,960 
Willamette University
Salem, OR
 20
(4.4%)
Moderately Selective$33,960 
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
 88
(2.4%)
Less Selective- 
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Linfield College
McMinnville, OR
 5
(1.5%)
Less Selective$27,414 
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
 8
(1.2%)
Less Selective$18,669 
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
 28
(0.9%)
Less Selective$18,823 
Marylhurst University
Marylhurst, OR
 1
(0.7%)
Open Admissions$16,200 
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Portland State University
Portland, OR
 16
(0.5%)
Less Selective$18,837 
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR
 3
(0.4%)
Highly Selective$16,893 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.