2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,226 people earned their degree in gerontology, making the major the 247th most popular in the United States. 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 Maryland, there were 35 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the gerontology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Gerontology in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$19,082 Average Net Price

$46,475 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2 ’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $19,082 for Maryland Gerontology students with aid per year to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Gerontology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$18,182 Average Net Price

$36,850 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #2 spot on the list. McDaniel College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westminster, Maryland. It awarded 6 ’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Gerontology Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $18,182 for Maryland Gerontology students with aid per year to attend McDaniel.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Gerontology at McDaniel

• Best Value Colleges for Gerontology in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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