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Most Popular Gerontology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Gerontology Master's Degree School for You

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

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Gerontology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Boston the most popular school in the New England Region for gerontology students working on their master’s degree. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 82% of the gerontology majors at the school.

Read full report on Gerontology at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Saint Joseph helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular gerontology schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Gerontology at University of Saint Joseph Report

Best Gerontology Colleges by State

Explore the best gerontology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 22
Connecticut 0
Maine 3

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 2 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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