2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,226 people earned their degree in gerontology, making the major the 467th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 101 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology 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 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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

Read more about Gerontology at Georgetown

#2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMBC are $21,078.

Full University of Maryland - Baltimore County Gerontology Report

#3

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$9,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Westminster, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

McDaniel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at McDaniel are $9,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Gerontology at McDaniel

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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