2022 Best Value Colleges for Gerontology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 8 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The gerontology 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 Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region gerontology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Gerontology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$9,082 Average Net Price

$41,371 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s gerontology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $9,082 for southwest region gerontology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Gerontology at UNT

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,292 Average Net Price

$40,670 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 ’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also made our “Best Gerontology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,292 for southwest region gerontology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas State University.

Read full report on Gerontology at Texas State University

• Best Value Colleges for Gerontology (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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