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2022 Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 324 people earned their degree in adult development and aging, making the major the 797th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in adult development and aging. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult development and aging programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult development and aging program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The adult development and aging school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Development & Aging (Income $48-$75k)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult development and aging degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree adult development and aging students whose families make $48-$75k list, VCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 5 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Michigan Adult Development & Aging Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s adult development and aging degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Adult Development & Aging at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#4

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s adult development and aging students in 2019-2020.

WSU also made our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Development & Aging at WSU

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Adult Development and Aging Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s adult development and aging degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree adult development and aging students whose families make $48-$75k list, UOPX - Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096.

Read more about Adult Development & Aging at UOPX - Arizona

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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