You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in gerontology. It is ranked #256 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for gerontology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 236 degrees in gerontology to qualified students.
Your choice of gerontology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Gerontology 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.
The gerontology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Gerontology Schools in California.
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The schools below may not offer all types of gerontology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in gerontology has to check out University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 150 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Gerontology degree recipients from University of Southern California receive an earnings boost of approximately $9,503 over the typical earnings of gerontology graduates.
It's difficult to beat California State University - Sacramento if you want to pursue a degree in gerontology. Sac State is a very large public university located in the city of Sacramento. This university ranks 40th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 38 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the gerontology program earn around $38,461 for their early career.
San Diego State University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in gerontology. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 6 gerontology students who graduated with this degree at SDSU 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).
Your choice of gerontology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Gerontology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
