2022 Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 324 people earned their degree in adult development and aging, making the major the 797th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 67 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult development and aging 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 adult development and aging program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree adult development and aging students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at VCU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $30-$48k)

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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