by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,234 people earned their degree in gerontology, making the major the 256th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 306 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,599 and $21,667 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. That schools that top this list have a program in gerontology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree gerontology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Madonna University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Madonna is a small school located in Livonia, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Gerontology at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Xavier University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Saint Xavier University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #4 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school situated in Oxford, Ohio. It awarded 9 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Gerontology at Youngstown State University
Case Western Reserve University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Gerontology at Case Western Reserve University
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