2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Georgia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 46 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Georgia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their gerontology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree gerontology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Georgia

1

Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Brenau University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brenau is a small school located in Gainesville, Georgia that handed out 20 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Brenau University Gerontology Report

2

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

#4 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.

Full Georgia State 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.