Academic Degrees

M.A. in  Gerontology

The Master of Arts in Gerontology prepares students for professional responsibility and leadership in the aging network. Students complete required courses that provide a multidisciplinary foundation in gerontology, and select program electives that will prepare them for working with or on behalf of older adults in direct service, management and administration, further scholarship, or similar professional endeavors.

Graduates find employment in health or mental health related positions, long term care residential or community settings, senior centers, recreation programs, agencies and organizations providing care management and/or administrating policy, community college teaching, industrial and business settings, or private consultation.

Program requirements from current UNC Catalog

Apply to Graduate School

UNC is a member of WICHE, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education program, which allows out-of-state graduate students from 14 states to pay in-state tuition for our gerontology graduate programs .