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2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Gerontology is the 467th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 181 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,757 for plains states region bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNI.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Gerontology at University of Northern Iowa

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Nebraska at Omaha is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNOMAHA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha is $10,490 for plains states region bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Gerontology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 12 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,216 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UNL Gerontology Report

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 58 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $14,232 for plains states region bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Gerontology at K -State

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 9 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also took the #5 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Moorhead is $12,484 for plains states region bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Gerontology at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

#6 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,527 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Missouri State.

Full Missouri State Gerontology Report

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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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