Overview

Program in Anthropology / Program in Anthropology is located in San Marcos, TX, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	12

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam official GRE (general test only) required with competitive scores in the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

169

Applied

31

Accepted

21

Enrolled

Applying

55

Application Fee - Domestic

90

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	Official GRE (general test only) required with competitive scores in the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections
Master's Degree Requirements	Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university, a copy of an official transcript from each institution where course credit was granted, minimum 3.0 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses), resume/CV, statement of purpose detailing your academic interests in one of the concentrations

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL IBT score: 78
IELTS: Recommended	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$16,038

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships

Student Body

52

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	15.38%
Black or African American	3.85%
White or Caucasian	63%
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	1.92%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1.92%
Two or more races	5.77%
Unknown	7.69%

Gender

Male (30%)

Female (69%)

Faculty

18

Total faculty

Full-time - 18

Part-time - 0

Male (8)

Female (10)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Skeletal Biology, Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology; North American Paleoindians, hunter-gatherer archaeology, Southwest prehistory, the organization of lithic technology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironments, landscape archaeology, human evolutionary ecology, Cultural Resource Management and applied archaeology; developing and testing forensic anthropological methods for reconstructing biological profiles, trauma patterns, and the post mortem interval; addresses migration and sex and ancestry

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

1,037,384

Location & Contact

Address 601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX  78666
United States

Contact Dr. J. David Kilby
Graduate Advisor
Email: ma_anthropology@txstate.edu
Phone: 512-2458272

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