2022 Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,060 people earned their degree in clinical/medical social work, making the major the 312th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 272 clinical/medical social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 150 clinical/medical social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in clinical/medical social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical/medical social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical/medical social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical/medical social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 masters’s clinical/medical social work degrees to qualified students.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Capella University Clinical/Medical Social Work Report

#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 44 masters’s clinical/medical social work degrees in 2019-2020.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Social Work at University of South Dakota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Social Work (Income $0-$30k)

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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