Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
PhD in Anthropology in Philadelphia United States | Temple University
Temple University
|
Philadelphia United States
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
27,324
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
The Anthropology Ph.D. program offers comprehensive training that combines all four core subfields, structured around two key themes: Mobility and Global Inequality focuses on societal dynamics and systems related to human migration, examining how these movements create disparities in resources, social standing, and power structures. This theme employs ethnographic, linguistic, and visual research methods informed by modern social science theories. Evolution and Human Environments explores humanity's biological and social adaptations throughout history, utilizing ecological, geographical, and historical spatial data along with quantitative analysis based on evolutionary principles.
At Temple University's College of Liberal Arts, the 43-credit Ph.D. in Anthropology is a rigorous program where students engage in cutting-edge research and fieldwork, both locally in Philadelphia and internationally. This selective program prepares graduates for academic and professional anthropological work through core coursework covering thematic foundations and disciplinary history. Students concentrate their studies in one of anthropology's four main branches—archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, or sociocultural anthropology—with an option to specialize in Visual Communication Anthropology, blending linguistic and sociocultural approaches. The program's interdisciplinary design encourages incorporating multiple perspectives into research, reflecting modern integrative approaches to anthropological inquiry. Students collaborate with distinguished faculty experts across diverse specialties including various archaeology fields, biological anthropology, and multiple anthropological subdisciplines. Temple provides exceptional resources including linguistic/media labs and the Laboratory of Research and Exhibitions, which contains global archaeological, biological, and cultural collections alongside state-of-the-art research equipment for anthropological investigation.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Master's Degree in Discipline/Related Discipline: A master's degree is not required.
Bachelor's Degree in Discipline/Related Discipline: A baccalaureate degree (B.A./B.S.) is required, but it need not be a degree in Anthropology.
Statement of Goals: In approximately 800 to 1,000 words, address your main area(s) of scholarly interest, the specific research topic that you intend to make the focus of your graduate studies, the experiences that have led you to graduate studies in Anthropology, the specific reasons for your interest in Temple's graduate program in Anthropology and the faculty members with whom you envision yourself working most closely, and your career goals.
Standardized Test Scores:
GRE: Required. GRE scores are evaluated in the context of all other materials required for admission.
Applicants who earned their baccalaureate degree from an institution where the language of instruction was other than English, with the exception of those who subsequently earned a master's degree at a U.S. institution, must report scores for a standardized test of English that meet these minimums:
TOEFL iBT: 79
IELTS Academic: 6.5
550 on the paper-based (PBT)
The minimum admissions standard for all graduate students is ordinarily an undergraduate grade point average of B or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the functional equivalent for students who have attended universities outside of the United States.
Bachelor's Degree in Discipline/Related Discipline: A baccalaureate degree (B.A./B.S.) is required, but it need not be a degree in Anthropology.
Statement of Goals: In approximately 800 to 1,000 words, address your main area(s) of scholarly interest, the specific research topic that you intend to make the focus of your graduate studies, the experiences that have led you to graduate studies in Anthropology, the specific reasons for your interest in Temple's graduate program in Anthropology and the faculty members with whom you envision yourself working most closely, and your career goals.
Standardized Test Scores:
GRE: Required. GRE scores are evaluated in the context of all other materials required for admission.
Applicants who earned their baccalaureate degree from an institution where the language of instruction was other than English, with the exception of those who subsequently earned a master's degree at a U.S. institution, must report scores for a standardized test of English that meet these minimums:
TOEFL iBT: 79
IELTS Academic: 6.5
550 on the paper-based (PBT)
The minimum admissions standard for all graduate students is ordinarily an undergraduate grade point average of B or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the functional equivalent for students who have attended universities outside of the United States.
Tuition
USD
27,324