2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Georgia (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Georgia, there were 777 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,100 and $37,399 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Full UGA Social Work Report

#2

Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$15,464 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark Atlanta University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid list. CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s social work degrees to qualified students.

CAU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark Atlanta University are $15,464, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Work at Clark Atlanta University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (With Aid)

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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