Gerontology
361 students earn a gerontology credential each year across 53 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $37,623
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $47,812
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Bachelor's programs — 28 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland11$43,8401 year out$58,700$31,3442California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California18$38,4611 year out$61,963$21,0003Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas23$37,6231 year out$66,752$25,0004The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona3$33,7061 year out$35,585$40,3965Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio4$33,4971 year out$46,088$26,9736University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California19—1 year out——7University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska11—1 year out——8Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon11—1 year out$49,507—9San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California10—1 year out——10University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa8—1 year out——11Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida6—1 year out$35,236—12Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio6—1 year out——13Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri5—1 year out——14Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota4—1 year out——15Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan3—1 year out——16Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York3—1 year out——17Barton CollegeWilson, North Carolina3—1 year out——18University of South FloridaTampa, Florida2—1 year out$47,812—19Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois2—1 year out——20University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi2—1 year out——21Niagara UniversityNiagara University, New York2—1 year out——22Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina2—1 year out——23University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——24CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York1—1 year out——25SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York1—1 year out——26Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio1—1 year out——27Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——28Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania0—1 year out$47,421—
Associate programs — 6 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin5—1 year out——2Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin5—1 year out——3CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York3—1 year out——4Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon2—1 year out——5Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio1—1 year out——6York County Community CollegeWells, Maine1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 26 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin42—1 year out$30,644$11,1372Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio30—1 year out——3Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana22—1 year out——4Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio17—1 year out——5Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon13—1 year out——6Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana6—1 year out——7University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada5—1 year out——8Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon5—1 year out——9Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon5—1 year out——10Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas5—1 year out——11Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho4—1 year out——12Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina4—1 year out——13Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana3—1 year out——14Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana3—1 year out——15East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——16University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——17Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan2—1 year out——18Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah2—1 year out——19Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut1—1 year out——20University of Southern MainePortland, Maine1—1 year out——21Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts1—1 year out——22Northwest Technical CollegeBemidji, Minnesota1—1 year out——23St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York1—1 year out——24University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio1—1 year out——25Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio1—1 year out——26Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington1—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).