Economics and Anthropology students usually receive support after the first or second year of their Ph.D. program. To become associated with PSC, a student must apply to the relevant department. The student should indicate on the application if he or she desires financial support from the Population Studies Center. Students are normally admitted to a graduate department only in the fall term of a given academic year. The application deadlines vary by department.
Detailed information is below in the application procedures section.
Center trainees who have received Ph.D. degrees are employed at a variety of institutions. About half of these graduates currently hold appointments at U.S. and foreign colleges and universities, while others are employed in research for government agencies and population organizations such as the United Nations, the Population Council, the Urban Institute, and the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Private businesses increasingly recognize the importance of demographic research and training, and a number of former students are engaged in analysis in the private sector. The training programs in social demography, economic demography, and anthropological demography share a common philosophy and structure. The goal is to produce social scientists, fully trained in their discipline, with broad knowledge in population studies and highly skilled in statistical and demographic techniques, who can undertake independent research on a wide range of population topics.