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2023 Best Social Work Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
183 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Work is the 13th most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,651 and had an average of $26,679 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11,649 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,366 and $28,905 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 183 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying social work.

Top 1 Best Social Work Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate list. Southern Adventist University is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 1 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Adventist, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Adventist University supports 2,730 students, and 39 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,631. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Adventist University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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

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