by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Arizona, there were 1,446 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,963 and $30,570 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 596 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,548 and $39,755 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree social work students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 291 masters’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 246 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 59 masters’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 364 masters’s social work degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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