Best Anthropology Dept.

<p>Does anyone have an opinion on which schools have a great anthropology department?</p>

<p>Univ of Chicago and Univ of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>I think the best three are Uchicago, University of Michigan and Harvard. However, this is for graduate ranking, something to keep in mind.</p>

<p>Do you have a particular interest in mind? Anthropology is such a broad major (spanning everything from paleontology to folklore) that you should have some idea of what you're interested in. Some colleges are great for biological anthropology; some don't even offer it. Some anthropology departments offer a wide range of cultures; others limit themselves to themselves to North America or the Southwest. You're going to have to do your own work in choosing colleges that fit your interests and qualifications. </p>

<p>Here's a list of anthropology departments:
<a href="http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/%7Eanthro/ANTHDEPT.HTM%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/ANTHDEPT.HTM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I've already to applied to the schools I've chosen. Just getting outside opinions.</p>

<p>Harvard and UChicago have very strong Anthropology departments.</p>

<p>In that case, </p>

<p>Arizona
Arizona State
Berkeley
Chicago
Columbia
Duke
Florida
Harvard
Indiana
Johns Hopkins
Michigan
NYU
Penn
Stanford
UT Austin
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin
WUStL
Yale</p>

<p>Beloit
Bowdoin
Bryn Mawr
Davidson
Grinnell
Kenyon
Oberlin
Pomona
Reed
Vassar
Wesleyan</p>

<p>Thanks so much.</p>

<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergraduate anthropology:</p>

<p>Michigan
Chicago
Berkeley
Penn
Arizona
Stanford
Yale
UCLA
Harvard
Northwestern
Texas Austin
New Mexico
Cornell
Illinois UC
Columbia
UC SB
U Washington
U Mass Amherst
Wisconsin
U Fla
Penn St
Pitt
Duke
Rutgers NB
Indiana Bloom
Hawaii Manoa
UC Irvine
UNC CH
UVA
SUNY Buffalo
Arizona St
Brandeis
UC Davis
Colorado Boulder
Tulane
NYU
Princeton
Washington St Louis
U Conn
Bryn Mawr
U Oregon
UC Riverside
U Minnesota
Brown
Southern Methodist
U Kansas
Missouri Columbia</p>

<p>I see you posted that once before!</p>

<p>Hi there,</p>

<p>I was just wondering whether anyone could tell me where the best place would be to do a religion anthropology course in Australia or in the world.</p>

<p>Regards,
Adrian</p>

<p>It sounds really weird but IPFW (Indiana-Purdue) is GREAT! (For undergrad) that’s where I am. It’s an IU degree, but since IPFW doesn’t have a grad school, the undergrads get to do all the cool/fun stuff. Plus, it’s only about $550 per credit hour (about $8000 for a semester as apposed to $20,000 for a well known school). It’s a small school, so it’s like private college for public price. And all the anthro profs are awesome.</p>

<p>^“It sounds really weird but IPFW (Indiana-Purdue) is GREAT!”</p>

<p>Archaeology, perhaps? Like about 5 years ago, I think some buried human skeletal remains were found on the campus. I think they first thought they were from deceased patients from the old state developmental center across the street, but then determined that they were Indian remains. Supposedly, there is an Indian burial ground across the street, too.</p>