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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

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Finding the Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate School for You

Gerontology is the #88 most popular major in Oregon with 24 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Pacific University

Forest Grove, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Pacific University the most popular school in Oregon for gerontology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Portland State University is a great place for gerontology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular gerontology schools in Oregon. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Oregon University is a great place for gerontology students working on their graduate certificate. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

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Best Gerontology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 180

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

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 4 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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