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2023 Most Popular Online Gerontology Schools in the Southeast Region

5 Colleges
$29,532 Avg Salary
$31,000 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Online Gerontology Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online programs were the most popular 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 .

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Nova Southeastern University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for gerontology students. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Gerontology at Nova Southeastern University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great place for gerontology students pursuing an online degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

Read full report on Gerontology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for gerontology students pursuing an online degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

Read full report on Gerontology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Gerontology Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Gerontology at Appalachian State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Georgia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Gerontology Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNG is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Dahlonega.

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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