Medical Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying medical anthropology, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year.

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

UNC Chapel Hill Medical Anthropology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Anthropology

UNC Chapel Hill Medical Anthropology Rankings

The medical anthropology major at UNC Chapel Hill is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical Anthropology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Medical Anthropology Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical anthropology majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Medical Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

75% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of medical anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical medical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in medical anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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Careers That Medical Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	240	$86,460
Anthropologists and Archeologists	80	$63,690

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
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