GERONTOLOGY DEGREES
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 ### UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

 It's fairly rare to find a college student majoring in gerontology. Each discipline awards around 6,000 four-year degrees per annum; 298 people earned undergrad degrees in gerontology last year, making it the country's 322nd most popular subject. 73 of those students attended [California State University-Sacramento](/colleges/california-state-university-sacramento), which has the biggest department in the United States. 125 of those degrees were earned at schools in California.

 It frequently won't be easy to find the best institution, considering bachelor's degrees in gerontology are available at 38 institutions nationwide. There are 5.1 offering the average subject per every offering a college degree in gerontology, making it the 306th most widely available subject in the USA.

 ### GRADUATE DEGREES

 While 40% of degrees in gerontology last year were undergraduate degrees; 60% were postgraduate degrees. Gerontology is the 184th most popular advanced degree in the country, with 446 degrees conferred. For some context, gerontology is 84% less popular among postgrad students than the average subject.

 In Total, 744 students received a bachelor's or higher in gerontology last May.

 ### ONLINE GERONTOLOGY DEGREES

 107 of those 744 students (14.4%) came through completely remote programs - 30 undergrad students and 77 graduate students. As you've probably gleaned, college students majoring in gerontology online are quite uncommon. It is currently the 173rd most popular online degree with 93.8% less remote students than the average subject. For postgrads, it is ranked 142nd, and is 87.5% under the US average (616).

  [Ashford University](/colleges/ashford-university)​ granted 17 online four-year degrees, more than any other U.S. school.

 Furthermore, Colleges from California conferred the most online bachelor's degrees in gerontology last May (17). California alone graduates 57% of the major's remote students.

 10.1% of all four-year degrees in gerontology are completed through online programs, (17.3% for graduate degrees). [Ashford University's](/colleges/ashford-university)​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of online gerontology majors than any other college in the United States (0.27%). 17 students in their 6,318 student class earned an online four-year degree in gerontology. They offer 100% of their programs fully remote, and had 26,914 enrolled online undergraduate students last fall. That's 100% of the student body.

 There are 6 institutions coast-to-coast with a remote undergrad degree in gerontology, making it the 306th most broadly available remote degree in the USA. 16% of institutions furnishing the degree even have an online option, and 33% of the institutions supplying the degree online are public. The other 67% are private. California heads up the country in providing totally remote choices, with 2 of the programs based there.

 If you would like to study gerontology completely online, you might want to look into the [University of Nebraska at Omaha](/colleges/university-of-nebraska-at-omaha), as it has the 10th best gerontology program in America. They also award an additional 23 degrees online, so their systems are probably reliable. Furthermore, 923 remote undergrad students are enrolled in the institution, which is 8% of the entire student body.

 ### PARTIALLY ONLINE GERONTOLOGY DEGREES

 * Gerontology is the 273rd most in-demand partially online undergraduate degree in America
* 29 schools in the nation have a bachelor's degree in gerontology partially online
* 34.56% of all four-year degree in gerontology are completed partially online
* [California State University-Sacramento](/colleges/california-state-university-sacramento)​ awarded 28 partially online bachelor's degrees in gerontology, more than any other American institution
* Gerontology is the 161st most popular partially online advanced degree in the USA
* The average field gives out 320 annual postgraduate degrees partially online

 ### IN-PERSON GERONTOLOGY DEGREES

 * Gerontology is the 346th most ubiquitous exclusively in-person four-year degree in the United States of America
* In-person bachelor's degrees in gerontology are offered at 3 schools nationwide
* Last May, 471 people earned a bachelor's or higher in gerontology completely in-person
* [California State University-Sacramento](/colleges/california-state-university-sacramento)​ conferred more fully in-person undergraduate degrees in gerontology than any other school in the nation (45)
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* The typical focus confers 1,836 postgrad degrees a year comprehensively in-person


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2023 Gerontology Salary

There are about 3,087 students enrolled in Gerontology in the USA.