Anthropology is an excellent foundation for many careers as it emphasizes cross-cultural understanding and communication. Learning to understand human communities, societies, and cultures, developing competency in qualitative research methods, and developing an understanding of how to apply theoretical ideas to analyze community issues and help solve problems are widely transferable skills. Our graduates go on to any number of career paths. Many students go to MA programs in fields such as archaeology, business, geography (GIS), and museum studies or specialized programs such as Master of Public Health or Master of Social Work. Others go on to pursue PhD’s in one field of anthropology or another, and some go on to law school.
Many of our students make their careers using their undergraduate degree from DePaul with no further training needed. Some of our former majors work in market research, UX research, and cultural resource management, while others work at for not-for-profits, teach English in other countries, run art galleries, and serve as rangers in the National Parks system. There are so many options for anthropology majors! We actively work with the DePaul Career Center in many of our courses and encourage students to work with their advising staff to identify internships, find employment and create long term plans. Here’s a short bullet list of more common employment outcomes for anthropology majors.
- research and work in museums
- cultural resource management
- environmental and park services
- advertising, marketing and public relations
- human resources management
- public health and health care
- community services and organizing
- design research
- law
- not-for-profit organizations