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2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for gerontology majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Pacific University

Forest Grove, OR

Our analysis found Pacific University to be the most popular school for gerontology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Forest Grove.

Of the 18 students majoring in gerontology at Pacific, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in gerontology at Pitt, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great place for gerontology students working on their online graduate certificate. NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

Women make up 78% of the gerontology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a very large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in gerontology at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#5

University of Maine

Orono, ME

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for gerontology students working on their online graduate certificate. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools list. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

Women make up 67% of the gerontology majors at the school.

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#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for gerontology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for gerontology students working on their online graduate certificate. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #8, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for gerontology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

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

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 17 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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