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2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,769 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Gerontology 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 Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Gerontology Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Gerontology

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL
$12,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for gerontology students. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,297 per year.

Full Gerontology at Eastern Illinois University Report

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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Best Value Gerontology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Gerontology Schools 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 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.

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