Ranked #13 in popularity, social work is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 462 degrees in social work to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Work Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the social work degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduating, social work degree recipients generally earn about $42,896 in the first five years of their career.
It is difficult to beat University of Nevada - Reno if you wish to pursue a degree in social work. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a very large student population.
Degree recipients from the social work degree program at University of Nevada - Reno earn $2,051 more than the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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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