by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in applied demography, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of applied demography, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Research/Methodology | 4 | 13 |
| Applied/Public Sociology | 3 | 105 |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | 3 | 1,929 |
| Rural Sociology | 3 | 61 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | 3 | 496 |
| Sociology, General | 3 | 31,211 |
| Sociology, Other | 3 | 3 |
| Criminology | 2 | 10,365 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 2 | — |
| Geoarcheaology | 2 | 8 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Demography and Population Studies | 112 |
As a more focused area within Demography, applied demography sits alongside related programs in that field.
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