2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in Idaho

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 56,762 social work students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country.

Across Idaho, there were 511 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 290 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in Idaho

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 226 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State University are $26,566.

Read more about Social Work at Boise State University

#2

Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$11,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

NNU also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at NNU are $11,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#3 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making $48-$75k list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ISU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ISU are $26,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at ISU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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