2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region

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 “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 0 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. To top this list, a school must have a successful gerontology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region

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BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend BridgeValley Community & Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public institution located in South Charleston, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full BridgeValley Community & Technical College Gerontology Report

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Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas More University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate. This small school is located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, and it awarded 0 associates’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Thomas More 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.