2022 Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Plains States region, there were 181 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $39,009 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree gerontology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly 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 North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Gerontology at North Dakota State University

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Gerontology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 1 doctorate’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read more about Gerontology at Iowa State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income Over $110k)

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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