Gerontology at Ithaca College

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 Ithaca College stacks up to those at other schools.

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 5,354 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,366 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in 2021, 4 of them were gerontology majors.

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

Ithaca Gerontology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Gerontology

Ithaca Gerontology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks gerontology programs across the country. The following shows how Ithaca performed in these rankings.

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 Ithaca 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	18
Most Popular Gerontology Schools	66

Gerontology Student Demographics at Ithaca

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the gerontology majors at Ithaca College.

Ithaca Gerontology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 gerontology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ithaca. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor's in gerontology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Multicultural & Diversity Studies

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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical Scientists	9,500	$95,170
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.