2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 1,118 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,862 and $30,028 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,688 and $121,343 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree social work students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Virginia

1

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Norfolk State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s social work students in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Social Work at Norfolk State

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

#8 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 2 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University

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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