Gerontology at Saint Xavier University

If you plan to study gerontology, take a look at what Saint Xavier University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SXU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 3,764 students attend the school each year. Of the 729 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Xavier University in 2021, 2 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.

SXU Gerontology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Gerontology

SXU Gerontology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the gerontology progam at SXU 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 SXU 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 Focused Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Gerontology Schools	89

Gerontology Student Demographics at SXU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the gerontology majors at Saint Xavier University.

SXU Gerontology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in gerontology from SXU in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Saint Xavier University with a bachelor's in gerontology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Biological & Physical 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 IL, the home state for Saint Xavier University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical Scientists	3,510	$87,660
Social Scientists	650	$78,140

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.