2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 258 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,567 and $38,695 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 156 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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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 Master’s in California”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in California

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #1 spot on the list. SFSU is a public institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFSU are $17,944, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Gerontology at SFSU

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in California. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 132 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USC Gerontology Report

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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.

Credits

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

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