2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Idaho 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 Idaho, there were 511 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,300 and $25,044 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 290 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,961 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school awarded 226 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Boise State University

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#3 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

ISU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548.

Read full report on Social Work at Idaho State University

#3

Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$11,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,752 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 39 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NNU are $11,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at NNU

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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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