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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s

1 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$32,287 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Gerontology is the 256th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,380 and had an average of $26,139 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 48 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,287 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality gerontology programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the gerontology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 1 Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kansas

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 43 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University were GI Bill® students, of which 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kansas State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Kansas State University]](/colleges/kansas-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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