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 Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 32 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,828 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” ranking looked at 3 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.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” 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 missouri master’s degree gerontology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri list. Webster is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, 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 University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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