2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 West Virginia, there were 350 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,150 and $28,484 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree social work students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in West Virginia

#1

Concord University

Athens, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$9,158 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,297 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concord University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Athens, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

Concord University also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concord University are $9,158.

Read full report on Social Work at Concord University

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Marshall University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

Full Marshall University Social Work Report

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,000 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at WVU

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k)

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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