2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The gerontology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618.

Full University of North Texas Gerontology Report

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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.

Credits

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

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