2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Florida

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Florida” 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 Florida, there were 40 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,858 and $31,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in gerontology.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree gerontology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Florida

1

Bethune - Cookman University
Daytona Beach, Florida

$31,000 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethune - Cookman University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Gerontology at Bethune - Cookman University

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University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, Florida

#6 overall quality in Florida

$24,858 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Gerontology at USF Tampa

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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

• *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.