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 “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s” 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 Ohio, there were 111 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in gerontology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. BGSU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s list. Miami University - Oxford is a public institution located in Oxford, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #3 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.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Ohio for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #4 spot on the list. Case Western Reserve University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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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