by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Gerontology is the 256th most popular major in the country with 1,203 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $37,380 and had an average of $29,236 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 41 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,858 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,515 and $22,413 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gerontology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their gerontology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethune - Cookman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida list. Bethune - Cookman University is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s gerontology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Florida. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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