2022 Best Value Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult development and aging. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult development and aging programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 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 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$16,768 Average Net Price

$47,700 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 ’s adult development and aging degrees to qualified students.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult Development & Aging Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,768 for southeast region adult development and aging students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full VCU Adult Development & Aging Report

#2

Central Georgia Technical College

Warner Robins, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$1,017 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Georgia Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Warner Robins, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s adult development and aging degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CGTC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CGTC is $1,017 for Southeast Region Adult Development and Aging students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at CGTC

• Best Value 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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