by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 88 people earned their degree in demography and population studies, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, demography and population studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, 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 9 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in demography and population studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful demography and population studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s population studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate. Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s population studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at Princeton University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate list. University of California - Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Read more about Demography & Population Studies at University of California - Berkeley
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Pennsylvania is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 doctorate’s population studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Population Studies Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s population studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at Harvard University
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
