2025 Best Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
332Gerontology Degrees Awarded
Gerontology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #485 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for gerontology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 332 degrees in gerontology to qualified students.
The gerontology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Gerontology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for gerontology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The gerontology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for Gerontology in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the gerontology degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in gerontology. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 150 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in gerontology needs to take a look at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon State College is a small public university located in the town of Monmouth. This university ranks 7th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 10 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at Western Oregon State College in the most recent year we have data available.
California State University - Sacramento is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in gerontology. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 40th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 38 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in gerontology has to check out San Diego State University. SDSU is a very large public university located in the large city of San Diego. A Best Colleges rank of #185 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SDSU is a great university overall.
There were about 6 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at SDSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Gerontology is one of 0 different types of Gerontology programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The gerontology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Gerontology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for gerontology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
