Anthropology - BA, BS

Career Opportunities

Students who graduate with a degree in anthropology typically go on to attend graduate programs in a variety of areas, such as anthropology, archaeology, other social sciences, law school, medical school, and more, or pursue careers in the following fields:

• Archaeology (preservation, cultural resource management, research)
• Behavioral science (teaching, human services, administration, community relations, program development, research, human resources, case management, counselor, etc.)
• Bilingual education (teaching, program and community development, advocacy, politics, planning, etc.)
• Business (Management, marketing, personnel (human resources), diversity training, cultural brokerage, international business, etc.)
• Community organization (program and community development, advocacy, politics, education, planning, etc.)
• Consulting (counseling, case management, developmental programming and education, public policy, etc.)
• Data Analyst (statistical, geographic data or laboratory analyst, etc.)
• Environmental impact assessment (advocacy/intervention, counseling, case management, programming, education, public policy, etc.)
• Ethnic, cultural, environmental, women's and various nonprofit organizations (administration and planning, evaluation, policy, advocacy, etc.)
• Government (federal/state/local/tribal in the cultural or environmental resource management, policy, research or working in parks or historic sites, etc.)
• Fund-raising (administration and planning, writer, education, assistant, accounting, etc.)
• Journalism and publishing (communications specialization, scientific and creative writing, news casting, freelance work, etc.)
• Law (administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, politics, education, planning, etc.)
• Linguistics, translation and interpretation (federal/state/local/tribal administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, politics, education, planning, etc.)
• Media (marketing, film making (documentary, photography, freelance work, etc.))
• Medical and health-related jobs (international/federal/state/local/tribal medical work, such as the world health organization (WHO), doctor, nurse, laboratory technician, genetics counselor, disease outbreak control, therapy,etc.)
• Museums, libraries, archives and art galleries (administration and planning, restoration, critic, curator, education, assistant, accountant, etc.)
• Peace Corps and humanitarian aid (counseling, education, wellness promotion, employee assistance, organizational development, human resources, labor unions, health maintenance organizations, etc.)
• International diplomacy (administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, politics, education, planning, etc.)
• Police work and forensics (Criminal Investigative Services (CIS), medical examining, artist, etc.)
• Public relations and administration (administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, etc.)
• Refugee and immigrant services or foreign service and aid agency (counseling, education, wellness promotion, employee assistance, organizational development, human resources, labor unions, health maintenance organizations, etc.)
• Rural, urban, national and international development agencies (administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, etc.)
• Scholarship and research (social and environmental science research, etc.)
• Social impact assessment (case management, programming, public policy, advocacy/intervention, education, etc.) 
• Social Service agencies (administration and planning, case management, program evaluation, policy setting, public interest/advocacy groups, adoption, politics, education, planning, therapy, probation, parole, etc.)
• Teaching (K-12, college, adult education, etc.)
• Travel (guide, ethnographic work, etc.)
• Zoos (primatology, education, advocacy, programming, zoology, etc.)

The Career and Design Center provides counseling and information on hundreds of job and internship opportunities and even helps students apply and interview.