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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Gerontology Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Gerontology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Boston to be the most popular school for gerontology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in gerontology at UMass Boston, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Our analysis found Miami University - Oxford to be the most popular school for gerontology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 75% of the gerontology majors at the school.

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

Women make up 75% of the gerontology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular gerontology schools in the United States. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in gerontology at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for gerontology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UMBC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 15 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.

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