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
Washington
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Anthropology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
|  | Whitman College Walla Walla, WA | 10 (2.7%) |  |  | |
|  | Western Washington University Bellingham, WA | 66 (2.1%) |  |  | |
|  | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | 124 (1.8%) |  |  | |
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|  | Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA | 13 (1.6%) |  |  | |
|  | Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA | 31 (1.2%) |  |  | |
|  | Washington State University Pullman, WA | 31 (0.6%) |  |  | |
|  | Seattle University Seattle, WA | 6 (0.5%) |  |  | |
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|  | Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA | 10 (0.5%) |  |  | |
|  | Saint Martin's University Lacey, WA | 1 (0.3%) |  |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.