2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies in the Southeast Region
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In 2021-2022, 56 people earned their degree in demography & population studies, making the major the 1041st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4 demography & population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 demography & population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Demography and Population Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in demography & population studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in demography & population studies.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Demography and Population Studies Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree demography and population studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Demography and Population Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s demography and population studies students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Demography & Population Studies at Florida State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Demography and Population Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s demography and population studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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