by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” 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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. To top this list, a school must have a successful gerontology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. BGSU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s gerontology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Madonna University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Madonna University is located in Livonia, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Xavier University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Youngstown State University is located in Youngstown, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. 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.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Gerontology at Case Western Reserve University
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