by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,234 people earned their degree in gerontology, making the major the 485th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 306 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in gerontology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Indianapolis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIndy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 14 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in River Forest, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 10 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Youngstown State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 3 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Adler University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Adler University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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