2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Nevada

Ranked #3 in popularity, social work is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 281 master's degrees in social work during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social work students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social work students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt social work students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social work students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The social work 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 Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Nevada.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Nevada

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for social work students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Nevada Schools for a Master's in Social Work

1

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

213 Annual Graduates

$57,522 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Nevada - Reno if you wish to pursue a master's degree in social work. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Reno.

Master's recipients from the social work degree program at University of Nevada - Reno make $2,510 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in social work from University of Nevada - Reno

2

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

68 Annual Graduates

$52,502 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Nevada - Las Vegas if you want to pursue a master's degree in social work. UNLV is a very large public university located in the city of Las Vegas.

Students who graduate with their master's from the social work program state that they receive average early career earnings of $52,502.

More information about a master’s in social work from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	3,075
Washington	183	398
Oregon	158	304
Hawaii	85	95
Alaska	52	27

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Social Work Related Rankings by Major

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Social Work Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	281

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine. More about our data sources and methodologies.