You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in demography & population studies. It is ranked #345 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of demography & population studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 88 degrees in demography & population studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Demography & Population Studies School
The population studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Demography & Population Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Demography & Population Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Demography & Population Studies Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Demography & Population Studies Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Demography & Population Studies in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the population studies degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in demography & population studies has to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 4 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Princeton University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in demography & population studies. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
University of California - Irvine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in demography & population studies. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in demography & population studies has to check out University of California - Berkeley. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 2 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in demography & population studies needs to check out Claremont Graduate University. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Claremont. This university ranks 27th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 1 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at Claremont Graduate University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 24th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 14 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent year we have data available.
UTSA is a very large public university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 25th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 6 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent data year.
Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 5 demography & population studies students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The population studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Demography & Population Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Demography & Population Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
