Anthropology General

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 534 institutions across the United States, with a total of 30854 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

843

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,995

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

926

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

460

degrees awarded

Other Awards

20,580

awards given

Top Schools for Anthropology General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	624
2	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	506
3	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	384
4	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	384
5	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	363
6	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	354
7	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	348
8	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	333
9	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	309
10	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	276
11	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	273
12	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	264
13	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	264
14	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	252
15	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	246
16	Emory University Atlanta, GA	237
17	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	228
18	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	225
19	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	216
20	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	213
21	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	201
22	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	198
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	195
24	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	189
25	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	189
26	University of Georgia Athens, GA	183
27	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	183
28	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	183
29	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	180
30	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	177
31	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	177
32	University of North Texas Denton, TX	171
33	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	171
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	165
35	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	162
36	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	159
37	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	159
38	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	156
39	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	156
40	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	156
41	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	156
42	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	153
43	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	153
44	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	153
45	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	150
46	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	150
47	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	147
48	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	147
49	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	144
50	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	141
51	New York University New York, NY	141
52	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	138
53	University of Houston Houston, TX	138
54	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	135
55	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	135
56	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	132
57	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	132
58	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	132
59	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	129
60	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	129
61	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	129
62	Washington State University Pullman, WA	126
63	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	126
64	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	126
65	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	123
66	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	123
67	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	120
68	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	120
69	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	120
70	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	120
71	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	117
72	Baylor University Waco, TX	117
73	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	117
74	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	117
75	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	117
76	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	117
77	George Washington University Washington, DC	117
78	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	114
79	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	114
80	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	114
81	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	114
82	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	114
83	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	108
84	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	108
85	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	108
86	Portland State University Portland, OR	108
87	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	105
88	Brown University Providence, RI	99
89	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	99
90	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	99
91	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	99
92	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	99
93	Iowa State University Ames, IA	96
94	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	96
95	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	96
96	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	96
97	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	93
98	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	93
99	Yale University New Haven, CT	93
100	University at Albany Albany, NY	93