2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 162 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,551 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. 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 Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126.

Read more about Gerontology at USF Tampa

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree gerontology students list, UK has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Gerontology at UK

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s gerontology students in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176.

Read more about Gerontology at Tulane University of Louisiana

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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