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Best Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Gerontology Doctor's Degree School for You

Gerontology is the #243 most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the gerontology doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Gerontology

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best school in the Southeast Region for gerontology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Gerontology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

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Best Gerontology Colleges by State

Explore the best gerontology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 45
Virginia 5
North Carolina 52
Florida 40
Tennessee 5
Kentucky 8
South Carolina 3
Louisiana 8
Arkansas 0
Alabama 0
Mississippi 2
West Virginia 0

One of 44 majors within the area of study, gerontology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Photo by Chalmers Butterfield.

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