2025 Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #313 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of geriatric nurse/nursing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 doctor's degrees in geriatric nurse/nursing during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Geriatric Nurse/Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of geriatric nurse/nursing for getting your doctor'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 doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geriatric nurse/nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of geriatric nurse/nursing students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geriatric nurse/nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geriatric nurse/nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geriatric Nurse/Nursing in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Geriatric Nursing

1

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing needs to take a look at Texas Christian University. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in geriatric nurse/nursing from Texas Christian University

2

Seattle University
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Seattle University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in geriatric nurse/nursing from Seattle University

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in geriatric nurse/nursing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

4

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Maryville University of Saint Louis is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in geriatric nurse/nursing from Maryville University of Saint Louis

Geriatric Nurse/Nursing by Region

View the Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geriatric Nursing

Geriatric Nurse/Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Geriatric Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	7,474
Nurse Anesthetist	1,403
Registered Nursing	976
Nursing Science	927
Nursing Administration	725
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	683
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	339
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	193
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	88
Critical Care Nursing	55

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 Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.