2022 Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Adult Development & Aging is the 797th most popular major in the country with 324 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 67 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult development and aging programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult development and aging program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Virginia Commonwealth University is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full VCU Adult Development & Aging Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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