2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Maryland (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree social work students with aid.

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

#1

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$15,543 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,357 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Salisbury University is a public institution located in Salisbury, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 176 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salisbury University are $15,543, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Salisbury Social Work Report

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,072 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 97 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Morgan State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Work at Morgan State

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• Best Value Master’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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