2025 Best Gerontology Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in gerontology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #238 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.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of gerontology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 bachelor's degrees in gerontology during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Gerontology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The gerontology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to gerontology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other gerontology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt gerontology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized gerontology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for gerontology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools.

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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Gerontology in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for gerontology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Gerontology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

19 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in gerontology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from University of Southern California

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

23 Annual Graduates

$37,623 Median Starting Salary

$31,493 Median Student Debt

Kansas State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in gerontology. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduating, gerontology bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $37,623 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from Kansas State University

3

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR

11 Annual Graduates

Western Oregon University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in gerontology. Located in the fringe town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from Western Oregon University

4

California State University - Sacramento
Sacramento, CA

18 Annual Graduates

$38,461 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in gerontology has to take a look at California State University - Sacramento. Sac State is a very large public university located in the large city of Sacramento.

After graduating, gerontology bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $38,461 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from California State University - Sacramento

5

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from San Diego State University

6

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

11 Annual Graduates

UNOMAHA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Omaha.More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from University of Nebraska at Omaha

7

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

11 Annual Graduates

$43,840 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Gerontology bachelor's degree recipients from University of Maryland Global Campus get an earnings boost of about $6,415 above the average earnings of gerontology majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in gerontology from University of Maryland Global Campus

Gerontology by Region

View the Best Gerontology Bachelor'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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Gerontology Related Rankings by Major

Gerontology is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Gerontology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Gerontology	163

Most Popular Majors Related to Gerontology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	20,010
Interdisciplinary Studies	7,757
International Studies	5,174
Nutrition Science	3,456
Cognitive Science	2,797
Biological & Physical Science	2,426
Human Biology	1,867
Behavioral Science	1,746
Sustainability Science	1,639
Data Science	1,639

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. More about our data sources and methodologies.