PhD Anthropology at University of Wyoming

Are you looking to seek further education in the field of anthropology? The M.A. or Ph.D. in anthropology can give you the chance to expand your understanding of the human condition by exploring the past, present and future!

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Laramie, WY, United States

What you will study

The anthropology master’s program curriculum at UW includes basic coverage of archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and linguistic anthropology. The anthropology Ph.D. program at UW focuses on hunter-gatherer, Paleoindian and plains archaeology. These are just some of the classes you might take as a student in UW’s anthropology graduate programs: Lithic Analysis; Zooarchaeology, Geoarchaeology or Bioarchaeology; GIS in Anthropology; View M.A.

Career pathways

Many of our M.A. graduates go on to careers in anthropology and archaeology. Most commonly, they work in cultural resource management, government or higher education. 90% of our Ph.D. graduates work in anthropology, with the majority of them building successful careers as academic professionals, including tenure-track faculty members and postdoctoral fellows.

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