Ontario, CA (population: 174,731) has fifty-four gerontology schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of Southern California, the highest ranked school in this group with a gerontology program, has a total student population of 34,824. It is the 10th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Gerontology students from Ontario schools who go on to become gerontologists, physicians, clinical dietitians, medical staff physicians, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,308,380 people working as life, physical, and social science employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,660. Also, Rehabilitation counselors make on average $34,710 per year and there are about 112,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area alone, there are 720 employed rehabilitation counselors earning an average salary of $38,450. Life, physical, and social science employees in this area earn $65,650/yr and there are 9,480 employed.
Ontario lies in San Bernardino county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area has 1,197,590 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,840 average annual salary. Thus, about 8 out of every 1000 jobs in Ontario are held by life, physical, and social science employees, and 1/1000 are held by rehabilitation counselors.
Of the 54 gerontology schools with a 100-mile radius of Ontario, only 40 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pitzer College comes out as the most expensive ($28,477/yr) for gerontology students, with Mt San Antonio College as the lowest, reported at only $2,897/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Ontario |
Chino | CA | 84,585 | 0 | - | 0 | 5.4 miles |
Rancho Cucamonga | CA | 176,424 | 3 | 21.593 | 139 | 5.4 miles |
Claremont | CA | - | 9 | 42.2091 | 338 | 7.1 miles |
Pomona | CA | 154,638 | 7 | 31.7114 | 195 | 8.6 miles |
Fontana | CA | 191,526 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.3 miles |
La Verne | CA | - | 1 | 61.7321 | 71 | 9.7 miles |
Chino Hills | CA | 74,322 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.7 miles |
Diamond Bar | CA | 57,662 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.0 miles |
Riverside | CA | 302,653 | 8 | 32.5108 | 359 | 14.2 miles |
Yorba Linda | CA | 67,194 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.4 miles |
Glendora | CA | 49,443 | 1 | 12.4755 | 68 | 14.9 miles |
Covina | CA | 46,974 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.7 miles |
West Covina | CA | 106,032 | 5 | 23.6693 | 37 | 17.2 miles |
Azusa | CA | 47,782 | 1 | 31.8299 | 58 | 18.3 miles |
San Bernardino | CA | 199,314 | 10 | 20.0516 | 225 | 19.4 miles |
Anaheim | CA | 342,336 | 9 | 24.4064 | 97 | 20.8 miles |
Hacienda Heights | CA | 52,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.9 miles |
Fullerton | CA | 133,165 | 6 | 21.8966 | 252 | 21.8 miles |
Tustin | CA | 74,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.9 miles |
Garden Grove | CA | 167,800 | 4 | 26.4852 | 22 | 27.4 miles |
Cerritos | CA | 51,327 | 3 | 18.7768 | 18 | 29.2 miles |
Cypress | CA | 47,588 | 2 | 8.65396 | 110 | 29.4 miles |
Alhambra | CA | 86,214 | 4 | 31.3851 | 25 | 29.9 miles |
Mission Viejo | CA | 95,388 | 1 | 19.6994 | 137 | 30.5 miles |
Fountain Valley | CA | 56,133 | 3 | 26.6774 | 70 | 30.6 miles |
Downey | CA | 107,986 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.8 miles |
Lake Elsinore | CA | 56,703 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.1 miles |
Altadena | CA | 41,677 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.3 miles |
Costa Mesa | CA | 113,091 | 7 | 22.8122 | 265 | 31.4 miles |
East Los Angeles | CA | 135,682 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.1 miles |