2024 Best Gerontology Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on majoring in gerontology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #485 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for gerontology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 degrees in gerontology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Gerontology Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Gerontology Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Gerontology in North Carolina

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the gerontology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top North Carolina Schools in Gerontology

1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

29.4% Growth in Graduates

University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in gerontology. UNC Greensboro is a large public university located in the city of Greensboro.More information about a degree in gerontology from University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50.0% Growth in Graduates

University of North Carolina at Wilmington is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in gerontology. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in gerontology from University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Best Gerontology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Gerontology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	31
Georgia	690	39
South Carolina	530	0
Kentucky	518	2
Mississippi	501	2
Louisiana	489	8
West Virginia	410	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Gerontology

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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