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2023 Best Value Gerontology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,956 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,347 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Gerontology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Gerontology is the #243 most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Gerontology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for gerontology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Gerontology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Gerontology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Sacramento. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sac State are $19,272 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, gerontology graduates from Sac State carry an average student debtload of $21,296.

Read full report on Gerontology at California State University - Sacramento

#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SDSU undergraduate students pay an average of $20,016 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Gerontology at San Diego State University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value gerontology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Gerontology at University of Southern California Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value gerontology schools in the Far Western US Region . Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Oregon State College are $29,709 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, gerontology majors at Western Oregon State College accumulate an average of around $34,384 in student debt.

Full Gerontology at Western Oregon University Report

Best Gerontology Colleges by State

Explore the best gerontology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 285
Washington 1
Oregon 46

One of 44 majors within the area of study, gerontology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

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

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