Anthropology at University of California - Berkeley

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what University of California - Berkeley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in anthropology.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

UC Berkeley Anthropology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Anthropology
• Doctorate Degree in Anthropology

UC Berkeley Anthropology Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Anthropology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 anthropology majors earned their master's degree from UC Berkeley. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

In the anthropology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Demography & Population Studies
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.