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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$36,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the New England region, there were 55 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the gerontology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 31 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485.

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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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