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Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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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 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for gerontology majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Our analysis found Nova Southeastern University to be the most popular school for gerontology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in gerontology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

Of the 4 students majoring in gerontology at UT Knoxville, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best gerontology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State 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 North Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNG is a large public school located in the town of Dahlonega.

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Explore the most popular online gerontology colleges 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

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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 5 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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