by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 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 the Southeast region, there were 174 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular gerontology programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree gerontology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethune - Cookman University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Bethune - Cookman University is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s gerontology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Barton College is a small school located in Wilson, North Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Mississippi is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #6, William Carey University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s gerontology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Anderson University South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anderson, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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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