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 11
Virginia
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Anthropology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA | 73
(2.1%) |  |  | |
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| | College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA | 28
(1.9%) | | | |
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| | Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA | 2
(1.5%) |  | | |
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| | University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA | 15
(1.5%) | |  | |
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| | Randolph College
Lynchburg, VA | 2
(1.4%) | | | |
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| | James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA | 44
(1.3%) |  | | |
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| | George Mason University
Fairfax, VA | 33
(0.9%) | | | |
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| | Longwood University
Farmville, VA | 6
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA | 18
(0.5%) | | - | |
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| | Radford University
Radford, VA | 8
(0.4%) | | | |
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