2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Illinois (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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 Illinois, there were 24 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Charleston, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

EIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Gerontology at Eastern Illinois University

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• Best Value Master’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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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