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2023 Best Social Work Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island

2 Ranked Colleges
215 Degrees Awarded
$35,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Rhode Island for Social Work” 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 Rhode Island, there were 215 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,509 and $26,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island vets studying social work.

Top 2 Best Social Work Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work. Rhode Island College is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 184 ’s social work degrees to qualified students.

RIC also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 7,072 students enrolled at Rhode Island College, 206 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,369. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rhode Island College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Providence College
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Providence College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work. Providence College is a small school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 11 ’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

Providence also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 4,821 students enrolled at Providence College, 25 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,661. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Providence College]](/colleges/providence-college/student-life/veterans/)

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