2023 Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Gerontology is the 256th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,380 and had an average of $26,139 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 10 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gerontology. That schools that top this list have a program in gerontology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington gerontology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Gerontology in Washington

1

Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane, Washington

$31,050 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,892 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spokane Falls Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington list. Spokane Falls Community College is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 1 ’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Gerontology at Spokane Falls Community College

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

#5 overall quality in Washington

$39,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,480 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Gerontology Major in Washington. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 0 ’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Gerontology at Central Washington University

• Most Focused Colleges for Gerontology in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Colleges for Gerontology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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