2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 Far Western US region, there were 363 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great gerontology programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree gerontology students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

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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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