2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also took the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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