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2023 Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, gerontology was ranked #243 in the country. In fact 1,234 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for gerontology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Gerontology

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the best school in the Great Lakes Region for gerontology students working on their graduate certificate. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the Great Lakes Region . WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Eastern Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

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Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate gerontology programs. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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Best Gerontology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 18
Ohio 45
Illinois 33
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 19

Gerontology is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Gerontology

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 7 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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