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 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for geriatric nurse/nursing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 58 degrees in geriatric nurse/nursing to qualified students.
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 Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 geriatric nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
University of Akron Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 colleges 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.
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.
Malone University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Malone is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Canton. This university ranks 48th out of 91 schools 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 data year.
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.
