If you're seeking a degree in gerontology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #256 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in Maryland to review for the 2025 Best Gerontology Schools in Maryland ranking.
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 Maryland.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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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.
University of Maryland Global Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in gerontology. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduation, gerontology degree recipients typically make about $43,840 in the first five years of their career.
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).
