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2022 Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

1 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 4,575 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,827 and $29,452 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and 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 Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree social work students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Inver Hills Community College

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Inver Hills Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

IHCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend IHCC is $11,486 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Social Work at Inver Hills Community College

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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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