by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Florida for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 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 “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Florida for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in gerontology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Florida for a Bachelor’s” 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 florida bachelor’s degree gerontology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethune - Cookman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Florida for a Bachelor’s list. Bethune - Cookman University is a small school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 15 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Florida for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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