2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 8 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s gerontology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Gerontology at UNT

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $30-$48k)

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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