by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Adult Development & Aging is the 877th most popular major in the country with 299 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in adult development and aging. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their adult development and aging program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree adult development and aging students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 14 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 8 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at Eastern Michigan
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #3 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult development and aging degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major list. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 1 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Adult Development & Aging at Minnesota State University - Mankato
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s adult development and aging degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major ranking. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s adult development and aging degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Northern Colorado landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major ranking. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s adult development and aging students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Northern Colorado Adult Development & Aging Report
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