2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing in the Great Lakes Region

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Geriatric Nurse/Nursing is the 584th most popular major in the country with 563 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 213 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geriatric Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geriatric nurse/nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geriatric Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree geriatric nursing students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geriatric Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geriatric nursing degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Geriatric Nurse/Nursing at U-M

2

Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, Indiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geriatric Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s geriatric nursing 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Mary’s College Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing

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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