2023 Most Popular Gerontology Schools
Finding the Best Gerontology 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Gerontology Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 111 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Gerontology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for gerontology majors pursuing a .
Top 15% Most Popular Gerontology Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the United States for gerontology students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. UPR Medical Sciences is a small public school located in the large city of San Juan.
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The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a large student population.
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The excellent programs at Brenau University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the United States. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Gainesville.
Out of the 111 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public school with a large student population.
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Out of the 111 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Pacific University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Forest Grove.
With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for gerontology students. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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California State University - Fullerton ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public college with a very large student population.
Miami University - Oxford came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Gerontology Schools ranking. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population.
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University of Indianapolis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular gerontology programs. Located in the city of Indianapolis, UIndy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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Eastern Illinois University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
California State University - Long Beach ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Gerontology Schools ranking. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.
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With a ranking of #13, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for gerontology students. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Schools list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.
Read full report on Gerontology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Nova Southeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for gerontology students. It came in at #13 on the list. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
Read full report on Gerontology at Nova Southeastern University
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Gerontology students that almost earned our Most Popular Gerontology Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Concordia University, Chicago | River Forest, IL |
| 19 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA |
| 19 | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX |
| 21 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA |
| 21 | Webster University | Saint Louis, MO |
| 21 | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY |
Gerontology by Region
View the Most Popular Gerontology Schools for a specific region near you.
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Gerontology Related Majors
Gerontology is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Gerontology
| 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 31 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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