In general, community colleges offer courses in Anthropology and Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees can be earned with emphases in anthropology or related fields. State Universities (CSUs) typically offer Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and occasionally Master’s (M.A.) degrees in Anthropology. California Universities (UCs) are the only state institutions to offer Ph.D.s in Anthropology and generally only award M.A.s. on route to the Ph.D. However, each program is unique, and specifics can be researched via the links below.
| School | Department & Link | Highest Degree in Anthropology |
Field Course |
Faculty with California Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield (CSU) | Sociology and Anthropology | Bachelors | Mark Sutton, Robert Yohe | |
| Berkeley (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Kent Lightfoot, Steven Shackley | |
| Cabrillo College | Archaeological Technician Program | Archaeological Technician certificate | Rob Edwards, Charlotte Simpson-Smith | |
| California Polytechnic | Social Sciences | Bachelors | Terry Jones, Robert L. Hoover | |
| Cal Poly Pomona | Anthropology | Bachelors | Mark Allen, Richard Hyslop | |
| Channel Islands (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Colleen Delaney-Rivera | |
| Chico (CSU) | Anthropology | Masters | Frank Bayham, Georgia Fox, Antoinette Martinez | |
| Cypress College | Social Sciences | Bachelors | Henry Koerper | |
| Davis (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Robert L. Bettinger, Christyann Darwent,Jelmer Eerkens | |
| Dominguez Hills (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Jerry Moore | |
| East Bay (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Beverly Ortiz | |
| Fresno (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | John Pryor, Kristina Roper | |
| Fresno City College | Archaeology | Archaeological Technician Certification | Jill Minar | |
| Fullerton (CSU) | Anthropology | Masters | Steve James | |
| Humboldt (SU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Ren Vellanoweth, Victor Golla | |
| Irvine (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Jon Ericson | |
| Long Beach (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Carl Lipo, Hector Neff, Daniel Larson | |
| Los Angeles (CSU) | Anthropology | Masters | Patricia Martz | |
| Los Angeles (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Jeanne Arnold | |
| Mendocino College | Anthropology | courses | ||
| Merced (UC) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Kathleen Hull | |
| Merritt College | Anthropology | Associates | ||
| Monterey Bay (CSU) | Social & Behavioral Sciences | Bachelors | Susan Morley | |
| Moorpark College | Anthropology | courses | Colleen Delaney-Rivera | |
| Northridge (CSU) | Anthropology | Masters | Matthew Boxt | |
| Palomar College | Anthropology | Associates | Phil De Barros | |
| Pomona College | Anthropology | Bachelors | Jennifer Perry | |
| Riverside (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Philip Wilke | |
| Sacramento (CSU) | Anthropology | Masters | Mark Basgall, Michael Delacorte, David Zeanah | |
| San Bernardino (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | Russell Barber | |
| San Diego (SU) | Anthropology | Masters | Lynn Gamble | |
| San Diego (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Patricia Masters (at Scripps) | |
| San Francisco (SU) | Anthropology | Masters | Gary Pahl, Lee Davis, David Kojan | |
| San Francisco (UC) | Medical Anthropology | Ph.D. | ||
| San Jose (SU) | Anthropology | Masters | Marco Meniketti | |
| San Marcos (CSU) | Social Sciences | courses | ||
| Santa Barbara (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Michael Glassow | |
| Santa Barbara City College | Anthropology | Associates | R. Dennis Ringer | |
| Santa Cruz (UC) | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, Chelsea Blackmore | |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | Behavioral Sciences | Associates | ||
| Shasta College | Anthropology | courses | ||
| Sonoma (SU) | Anthropology | Masters | Adrian Praetzellis, Margaret Purser,Michael Newland | |
| Stanford | Cultural & Social Anthropology | Ph.D. | ||
| Stanislaus (CSU) | Anthropology | Bachelors | ||
| University of Oregon | Anthropology | Ph.D. | Jon Erlandson, Doug Kennett, Madonna Moss | |
| USC | Anthropology | Ph.D. | ||
| Utah State University | Anthropology | Masters | Patricia Lambert, Chris Morgan | |
| West Valley College | Anthropology | Associates |