by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Gerontology is the 485th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 174 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered 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 Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region list. ULM is a medium-sized public school situated in Monroe, Louisiana. It awarded 7 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Gerontology at University of Louisiana at Monroe
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #5 spot on the list. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Gerontology Report
Nova Southeastern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 5 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Gerontology at University of South Florida - Main Campus
William Carey University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. William Carey University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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