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2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$30,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Gerontology is the 247th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,786 and had an average of $32,628 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great gerontology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree gerontology students with aid.

Top 10 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s gerontology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Gerontology Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also took the #3 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Gerontology at UMass Boston

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #3 spot on the list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 2 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNT Gerontology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s gerontology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree gerontology students with aid list, UMBC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078.

Read more about Gerontology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Gerontology at Iowa State

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Gerontology at North Dakota State University

#2 in overall quality

Miami University - Oxford came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school situated in Oxford, Ohio. It awarded 2 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also took the #2 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Miami University - Oxford Gerontology Report

#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#10 in overall quality

University of Kentucky came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Read more about Gerontology at UK

#9

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Gerontology at University of Southern California

#10

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#9 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Gerontology at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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