2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$18,154 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in California, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend California University of Pennsylvania is $18,154 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students.

Full Cal U Gerontology Report

#2

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

#2 in overall quality

$17,470 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta also took the #2 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $17,470 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students per year to attend SUNY Oneonta.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Gerontology at SUNY Oneonta

#3

York College

Jamaica, New York

#3 in overall quality

$3,433 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. York is a medium-sized school located in Jamaica, New York that handed out 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

York also took the #3 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend York College is $3,433 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students.

Read more about Gerontology at York College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology

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.

Credits

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

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