2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 18 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 demography and population studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the demography and population studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$56,470 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s population studies degrees to qualified students.

Princeton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton University are $56,470.

Read full report on Demography & Population Studies at Princeton

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Population Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s population studies degrees to qualified students.

UPenn also made our “Best Demography & Population Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. 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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Demography & Population Studies (With Aid)

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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