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Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Gerontology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Gerontology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the most popular school for gerontology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of South Florida - Main Campus the most popular school in the Southeast Region for gerontology students working on their doctor’s degree. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

Of the 2 students majoring in gerontology at USF Tampa, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular gerontology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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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 3 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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