2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia

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Social Work is the 13th most popular major in the country with 58,923 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , social work graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $37,585 and had an average of $29,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 241 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,600 and $47,015 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in social work. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social work program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in District of Columbia

1

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

$18,935 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Work at Gallaudet

2

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

$44,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of the District of Columbia Social Work Report

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

$25,500 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Catholic University of America Social Work Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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