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CIP PROGRAM: 45.0201
Anthropology, General.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 940 8833 1025
2021 1036 9035 974
2022 950 8621 879
2023 982 8150 915
2024 843 7995 926
Change +4.47% -7.73% -10.73%

Related CIPs

45 SOCIAL SCIENCES.
45.02 Anthropology.
45.0201 Anthropology, General.
45.0202 Physical and Biological Anthropology.
45.0203 Medical Anthropology.
45.0204 Cultural Anthropology.
45.0205 Forensic Anthropology.
45.0299 Anthropology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Anthropology, General.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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