MA Anthropology at Brandeis University

Programme overview

If you want to delve more deeply into a topic about which you are particularly impassioned, enhance your credentials for a job, or hone the critical skills you'll need to pursue a doctoral degree, you should consider pursuing an Master of Arts degree in anthropology at Brandeis. We will train you to do independent research, with an emphasis on comparative studies, theoretical grounding and ethnographic and archaeological fieldwork.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences and Social Policy | Department: Anthropology | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall | Location: Waltham, MA, United States

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Entry requirements

Graduate admission: bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. or international institution, transcripts, letters of recommendation, résumé, statement of purpose; GRE or GMAT optional; writing sample for Anthropology and Sociology.

USD 59,600 a year (2026-27). School of Social Sciences and Social Policy in-residence PostBac, Master's and PhD band (9 months), listed for Anthropology, History, Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Tuition only; excludes fees, health insurance and living expenses. Source

Master's admission for spring 2027 or fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for the MBA, Business Analytics, Finance, Global Sustainability Policy and Management, Public Policy, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Molecular and Cell Biology, Mathematics Postbaccalaureate and Studio Art Postbaccalaureate.

Spring admission: priority deadline October 15, final deadline November 15 (Studio Art Postbaccalaureate December 1). Fall admission: School of Business and Economics priority deadline November 1; Heller programmes priority deadline December 15; Rounds January 15, March 1 and April 15. Online application fee $75 unless waived.

Apply through the official page: https://www.brandeis.edu/graduate-admissions/apply/masters.html

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