Social Work is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of social work. Combined, these schools handed out 237 degrees in social work to qualified students.
Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Social Work Schools in Nebraska.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of social work degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in social work. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #776 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNOMAHA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 135 social work students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the social work major at University of Nebraska at Omaha earn $5,752 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in social work needs to look into Nebraska Wesleyan University. Located in the large city of Lincoln, NWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 28 social work students who graduated with this degree at NWU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the social work program earn an average of $40,080 for their early career.
It's difficult to beat University of Nebraska at Kearney if you want to pursue a degree in social work. UNK is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Kearney. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 38 social work students who graduated with this degree at UNK in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the social work program make about $39,218 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
