by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in medical anthropology, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of medical anthropology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Archeology | 3 | 393 |
| Geoarcheaology | 3 | 8 |
| Geography and Anthropology | 3 | — |
| Linguistics and Anthropology | 3 | 7 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | 3 | 496 |
| Ancient Studies/Civilization | 2 | 157 |
| Classical and Ancient Studies, Other | 2 | 3 |
| American History (United States) | 1 | 242 |
| American Government and Politics (United States) | 1 | 286 |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 1 | 6,914 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Anthropology, General | 10,087 |
| Anthropology, Other | 150 |
| Cultural Anthropology | 79 |
| Forensic Anthropology | 62 |
| Physical and Biological Anthropology | 43 |
Part of the broader field of Anthropology, medical anthropology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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