2023 Most Popular Colleges for Gerontology in Kentucky

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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 Kentucky, there were 8 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular gerontology programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky gerontology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Gerontology in Kentucky

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

#1 overall quality in Kentucky

$43,675 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,607 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Kentucky list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 8 ’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read full report on Gerontology at UK

2

Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, Kentucky

#14 overall quality in Kentucky

$56,366 Average Early-Career Earnings

$33,832 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas More University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gerontology Major in Kentucky list. Thomas More is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. It awarded 0 ’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Gerontology at Thomas More University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.