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2023 Most Popular Gerontology Schools in the New England Region

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$49,964 Avg Salary

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.

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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the gerontology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

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

Full Gerontology at University of Massachusetts - Boston Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for gerontology students. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Western Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Gerontology at Western Connecticut State University

#3

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

The excellent programs at University of Saint Joseph helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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.

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Best Gerontology Colleges by State

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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 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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