2023 Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Population Studies for a Master’s” 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 36 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Population Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in demography and population studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality demography and population studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the demography and population studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Population Studies for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying population studies.

Top 2 Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California

8 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Population Studies for a Master’s. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 17 masters’s population studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Irvine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 36,303 students enrolled at University of California - Irvine, 8 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,620. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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 94%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Irvine]](/colleges/university-of-california-irvine/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

6 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Population Studies for a Master’s. USFCA is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 14 masters’s population studies degrees in 2020-2021.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 10,068 students enrolled at University of San Francisco, 6 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,232. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of San Francisco offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of San Francisco Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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