by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 58,923 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 2,756 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,233 and $32,228 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,783 and $153,500 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. That schools that top this list have a program in social work in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aurora University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois list. Aurora University is located in Aurora, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s social work students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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