by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,203 people earned their degree in gerontology, making the major the 256th most popular in the United States. 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 Missouri, there were 36 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,828 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,810 and $38,145 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 3 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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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree gerontology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. UCM is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 15 masters’s gerontology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. UMSL is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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