2024 Best Gerontology Master's Degree Schools
21
Colleges in the United States
393
Master's Degrees
a master's degree in
gerontology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #269 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 21 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for gerontology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 393 master's degrees in gerontology to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Gerontology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of gerontology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to gerontology students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of gerontology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized gerontology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for gerontology students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Gerontology Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Featured Gerontology Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.