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2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$26,270 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Gerontology 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for gerontology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the gerontology programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Gerontology Schools

$24,827 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNR are $24,827 per year.

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$18,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 10 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSULB are $18,726 a year.

Full Gerontology at California State University - Long Beach Report

The excellent programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $27,733 in tuition and fees each year.

Wazzu excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Gerontology at Washington State University Report

$19,272 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Sac State are $19,272 a year. The average amount in student loans that gerontology majors at Sac State take out is $18,443.

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#6

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$19,184 Average Tuition & Fees

San Francisco State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $19,184 per year.

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University of Southern California landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value gerontology programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USC are $61,503 a year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$20,016 Average Tuition & Fees

San Diego State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Gerontology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SDSU are $20,016 a year.

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$27,447 Average Tuition & Fees

Portland State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for gerontology students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $27,447 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, OR
$29,709 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Oregon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for gerontology students. It came in at #10 on the list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Oregon State College are $29,709 per year.

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Best Gerontology Colleges by State

Explore the best gerontology schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 285
Washington 1
Oregon 46

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 10 schools only.

  • 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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