2022 Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid

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 for a Master’s in Utah 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 Utah, there were 14 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 $0 and $0 respectively.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#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 Utah For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 5 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of U Gerontology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)
• 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.

Credits

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

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