2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Gerontology is the 467th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 162 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great gerontology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the gerontology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree gerontology students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 3 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126.

Read more about Gerontology at USF Tampa

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s gerontology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Kentucky Gerontology Report

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Gerontology at Tulane University of Louisiana

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (With Aid)

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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