by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 306 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,599 and $21,667 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 8 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 the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Indianapolis. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Gerontology at Concordia University, Chicago
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Illinois University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
Youngstown State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Youngstown, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s gerontology students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Gerontology at Youngstown State University
With a ranking of #8, Adler University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Adler is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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