2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Gerontology is the 247th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,786 and had an average of $32,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 20 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology 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 gerontology 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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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Gerontology at U of U

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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