2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the New England Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

Across the New England region, there were 55 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,500 and $30,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMass Boston 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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