2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region
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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 the Far Western US region, there were 363 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,567 and $38,695 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.
Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.
USC also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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