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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Gerontology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for gerontology majors pursuing a 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 a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in gerontology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in gerontology at Portland State University, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - Northridge is a great place for gerontology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in gerontology at CSUN, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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California State University - Long Beach ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Full Gerontology at California State University - Long Beach Report

California State University - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Gerontology at California State University - Los Angeles Report

Western Oregon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

Read full report on Gerontology at Western Oregon University

Best Gerontology Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
California 180
Oregon 24

One of 36 majors within the area of study, gerontology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 8 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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