If you pursue a bachelor's degree in social work, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #24 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of social work. Combined, these schools handed out 323 bachelor's degrees in social work to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Social Work School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The social work bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social work students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other social work students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt social work students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social work students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Work in Utah
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for social work students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
It's difficult to beat University of Utah if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in social work. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
Soon after graduation, social work bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $38,338 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in social work has to take a look at Weber State University. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ogden.
Social Work bachelor's degree recipients from Weber State University get an earnings boost of around $5,060 over the typical income of social work graduates.
Utah State University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in social work. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the social work program earn around $31,746 in their early career salary.
Utah Valley University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in social work. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduating, social work bachelor's recipients usually make about $37,937 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).