Gerontology at SUNY Oneonta

What traits are you looking for in a gerontology school? To help you decide if SUNY Oneonta is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's gerontology program.

SUNY Oneonta is located in Oneonta, New York and has a total student population of 6,718. Of the 1,507 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta in 2021, 5 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.

SUNY Oneonta Gerontology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Gerontology

SUNY Oneonta Gerontology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks gerontology programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Oneonta 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 SUNY Oneonta 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
Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Gerontology Schools	11
Best Gerontology Schools	24
Most Popular Gerontology Schools	56

Gerontology Student Demographics at SUNY Oneonta

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

SUNY Oneonta Gerontology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in gerontology from SUNY Oneonta. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in gerontology at SUNY Oneonta are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Museum 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 SUNY Oneonta.

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 Roy Saplin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.