Studies population—births, deaths, migration, aging—and predicts how it will change.
Projects how many kindergartners a school district will have in 10 years, helping decide whether to build a new school.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 10 years after high school. Master's or PhD in demography, sociology, or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Sociology, Economics, Statistics.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. Population models run automatically; interpreting migration and aging for schools and governments stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Human Geography, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3099.
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