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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 28 Pennsylvania Colleges with the highest percentage of Anthropology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
 27
(8.7%)
Highly Selective$36,540 
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
 15
(5.0%)
Most Selective$37,525 
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
 12
(2.5%)
Highly Selective$38,630 
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Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
 10
(1.9%)
Highly Selective$39,780 
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
 70
(1.8%)
Moderately Selective$23,290 
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
 9
(1.4%)
Highly Selective$37,730 
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
 67
(1.3%)
Moderately Selective$20,468 
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Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
 4
(1.3%)
Moderately Selective$25,735 
Mercyhurst College
Erie, PA
 8
(1.3%)
Less Selective$23,286 
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
 19
(1.2%)
Moderately Selective$14,978 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.