2022 Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in demography and population studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent demography and population studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the demography and population studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Doctorate”.

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Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree population studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies

#1

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$25,807 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s population studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807.

Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at UTSA

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s population studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UPenn Demography & Population Studies Report

#3

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$56,470 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s population studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree population studies students list, Princeton has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at Princeton University

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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