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2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
437 Degrees Awarded
$5,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 57,618 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,090 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,551 and $25,822 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 437 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social work program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Texas College

McAllen, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 119 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.

South Texas College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Texas College is $1,390 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 36 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $4,362 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the #4 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a public institution located in Amarillo, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Amarillo College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Amarillo College is $5,506 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. San Juan College is a medium-sized school located in Farmington, New Mexico that handed out 27 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

SJC also made our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend San Juan College is $5,641 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas

Tyler Junior College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Tyler Junior College is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tyler Junior College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tyler Junior College is $8,737 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#7

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

With a ranking of #7, San Antonio College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $6,189 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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