by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Gerontology is the 485th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 306 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree gerontology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #2 spot on the list. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s gerontology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Gerontology at Miami University - Oxford
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Madonna University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Livonia, Michigan, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Case Western Reserve University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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