2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 300 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,300 and $17,604 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Miami University - Oxford

Oxford, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$31,697 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #1 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 2 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also took the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Miami University - Oxford Gerontology Report

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

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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