Gerontology at California State University - Sacramento

Every gerontology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the gerontology program at California State University - Sacramento stacks up to those at other schools.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students received a bachelor's degree in gerontology from Sac State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Gerontology section at the bottom of this page.

Sac State Gerontology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Gerontology

Sac State Gerontology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the gerontology progam at Sac State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The gerontology major at Sac State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Gerontology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Gerontology Schools	3
Best Value Gerontology Schools	27

How Much Do Gerontology Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of gerontology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $32,043. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,387 for all gerontology students.

Gerontology Student Demographics at Sac State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the gerontology majors at California State University - Sacramento.

Sac State Gerontology Bachelor’s Program

The gerontology program at Sac State awarded 65 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women. The typical gerontology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its gerontology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Sacramento with a bachelor's in gerontology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Sac State also has a doctoral program available in gerontology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Nutrition Science

Careers That Gerontology Grads May Go Into

A degree in gerontology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.