by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Ohio” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Ohio, there were 111 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,599 and $27,361 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio bachelor’s degree gerontology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio list. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio list. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Ohio. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. 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%.
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