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2023 Best Value Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$16,162 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate School for You

Gerontology is the #147 most popular major in Illinois with 31 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Gerontology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for gerontology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $16,162 per year.

Read full report on Gerontology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Value Gerontology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Gerontology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 15
Ohio 24
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 7

One of 36 majors within the area of study, gerontology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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.

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