2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region

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Gerontology is the 256th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,380 and had an average of $26,139 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 174 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,532 and $31,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their gerontology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree gerontology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region

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Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas More University landed the #1 spot on the list. Thomas More University is located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.

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BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend BridgeValley Community & Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Southeast Region list. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public institution located in South Charleston, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.