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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” 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 Louisiana, there were 791 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,814 and $41,290 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,594 and $127,014 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tulane Social Work Report

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• 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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