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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$56,361 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Iowa for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 20 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,361 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.

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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Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 11 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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