2025 Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
250Geriatric Nursing Degrees Awarded
A degree in geriatric nurse/nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #584 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for geriatric nurse/nursing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 degrees in geriatric nurse/nursing annually.
The geriatric nursing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing rankings. We derive our Best Overall Geriatric Nurse/Nursing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of geriatric nursing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Geriatric Nursing
It is difficult to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 32 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing needs to look into Herzing University - Madison. Herzing University - Madison is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #102 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Herzing University - Madison is a great university overall.More information about a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing from Herzing University - Madison
With the affordable and transfer-friendly online RN to BSN program at Southern New Hampshire University, you can build upon your prior educational journey and enhance your professional experience in a program designed to fit around your schedule.
Every student pursuing a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing has to look into Ohio University - Athens Campus. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 35 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing has to take a look at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. IUPUI is a fairly large public university located in the city of Indianapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #253 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IUPUI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year.
Purdue University Global is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 8th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 105 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Purdue University Global in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 8 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
USI is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Evansville. This university ranks 13th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 24 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at USI in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 9 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Malone is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Canton. This university ranks 48th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 3 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Malone in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The geriatric nursing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing rankings. We derive our Best Overall Geriatric Nurse/Nursing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
