2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Iowa
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Iowa, there were 16 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for a Master’s in Iowa
The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree gerontology students.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Iowa
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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