2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 299 people earned their degree in adult development and aging, making the major the 877th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 15 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The adult development and aging school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging in the Southwest Region

1

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Tempe, Arizona

#13 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult development and aging students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at UOPX - Arizona

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult development and aging degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 OSU Adult Development & Aging Report

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Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult Development and Aging Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this 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 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at Arizona State University - Skysong

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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