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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Arkansas, there were 439 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,300 and $27,631 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 167 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,377 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 82 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UA Little Rock Social Work Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,276 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at UARK

#3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,170 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 39 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586.

Read full report on Social Work at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

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