Gerontology

A program that focuses on the human aging process and aged human populations, using the knowledge and methodologies of the social sciences, psychology and the biological and health sciences.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 111 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3030 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

181

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

163

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

180

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

336

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,079

awards given

Top Schools for Gerontology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	429
2	Northwood Technical College Rice Lake, WI	183
3	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	123
4	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	105
5	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	99
6	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91
7	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	83
8	Stark State College North Canton, OH	71
9	University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	69
10	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	66
11	Portland Community College Portland, OR	58
12	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	54
13	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	54
14	Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR	53
15	University of Georgia Athens, GA	51
16	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	48
17	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	48
18	Brenau University Gainesville, GA	45
19	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	36
20	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	36
21	Yeshiva University New York, NY	36
22	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	36
23	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	36
24	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	33
25	Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, IL	33
26	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	33
27	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	30
28	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	27
29	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	27
30	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	27
31	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	27
32	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	27
33	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	27
34	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA	24
35	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	24
36	Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN	24
37	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	24
38	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR	24
39	Portland State University Portland, OR	24
40	Widener University Chester, PA	21
41	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	21
42	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	20
43	Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX	20
44	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	19
45	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	18
46	Georgetown University Washington, DC	18
47	Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL	18
48	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	18
49	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	18
50	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	18
51	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	18
52	Madonna University Livonia, MI	17
53	Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR	17
54	Central Carolina Technical College Sumter, SC	16
55	University of Maine Orono, ME	15
56	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	15
57	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	15
58	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	15
59	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay, WI	15
60	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	13
61	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	12
62	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	12
63	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	12
64	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	12
65	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	12
66	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	12
67	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	12
68	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	12
69	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	9
70	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	9
71	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	9
72	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	9
73	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	9
74	Ashford University San Diego, CA	9
75	Barton College Wilson, NC	9
76	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	8
77	University of Mississippi University, MS	6
78	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	6
79	Niagara University Niagara University, NY	6
80	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	6
81	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	6
82	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	6
83	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	6
84	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	6
85	Iowa State University Ames, IA	6
86	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	6
87	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	6
88	University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA	6
89	Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL	6
90	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	6
91	Washington State University Pullman, WA	4
92	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	4
93	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	4
94	Northwest Technical College Bemidji, MN	4
95	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	4
96	Quincy College Quincy, MA	4
97	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	3
98	York County Community College Wells, ME	3
99	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	3
100	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	3