2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Gerontology School for You
Gerontology is the #243 most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Gerontology Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for gerontology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Gerontology
Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Boston the best value school in the New England Region for gerontology students. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.
UMass Boston undergraduate students pay an average of $35,139 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine are $33,586 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 22 |
Connecticut | 0 |
Maine | 8 |
Rhode Island | 0 |
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Gerontology Related Majors for Gerontology
One of 44 majors within the area of study, gerontology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Gerontology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 2 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.