Gerontology at University of Louisiana at Monroe

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

ULM is located in Monroe, Louisiana and approximately 8,888 students attend the school each year.

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

ULM Gerontology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Gerontology

Online Classes Are Available at ULM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ULM offers distance education options for gerontology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ULM Gerontology Rankings

Gerontology Student Demographics at ULM

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

ULM Gerontology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a master's degree in gerontology from ULM. About 14% were men and 86% were women.

In the gerontology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Louisiana at Monroe with a master's in gerontology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Social Scientists	280	$72,880
Medical Scientists	120	$69,600

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.