2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Maryland, there were 1,202 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,557 and $28,684 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 741 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$15,543 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,357 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #1 spot on the list. Salisbury, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 176 students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Salisbury University are $15,543.

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#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,072 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 97 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k)

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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