PRI Demography Training Programs

The Penn State Graduate Program in Demography was ranked in the top five population science training programs (within sociology) in the United States by the 2006 U.S. News and World Report evaluation of doctoral programs.

Penn State's Demography program is unique in offering not one but seven Graduate School awarded dual-Ph.D. degrees in Demography (i.e., Sociology and Demography, Anthropology and Demography, etc.). With a yearly average of just over 60 registered Ph.D. students from the seven participating disciplines, this is one of the largest and most interdisciplinary predoctoral Demography training programs in the U.S.

The Penn State dual-degree training paradigm philosophy is to promote student development of expertise and skills in demographic theory, methodologies, and policy that articulate with the scholarship and professional identity of their social, behavioral, or health science disciplines. The Graduate School dual-degree diploma provides clear evidence of training credentials in two fields, thereby broadening career opportunities.

The Population Research Institute also offers a postdoctoral fellowship in Family Demography and Individual Development, a signature theme research area for PRI faculty associates.

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