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2023 Best Gerontology Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Gerontology Master's Degree School for You

Gerontology is the #162 most popular major in the country with 655 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Gerontology Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 22 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for gerontology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Gerontology Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for gerontology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the United States. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population.

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#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #6, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best schools for gerontology students working on their master’s degree. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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With a ranking of #7, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for gerontology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for gerontology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

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#9

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

Eastern Illinois University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree gerontology programs. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

With a ranking of #10, Webster University did quite well on this year’s best schools for gerontology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Gerontology is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

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Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
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Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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