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2022 Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$34,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Demography & Population Studies is the 338th most popular major in the country with 73 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, demography and population studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in demography and population studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great demography and population studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the demography and population studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The population studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s population studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at University of Pennsylvania

#2

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Princeton University is a medium-sized school located in Princeton, New Jersey that handed out 3 masters’s population studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton University are $56,470, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s population studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707.

Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at Florida State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #0 spot in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Demography & Population Studies at University of California - Berkeley

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #5 spot on the list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s population studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Irvine Demography & Population Studies Report

#6

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#5 in overall quality

University of San Francisco did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 8 masters’s population studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Francisco are $26,710.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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