2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical/Medical Social Work Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 2,534 people earned their degree in clinical/medical social work, making the major the 261st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 190 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 $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical/Medical Social Work Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in clinical/medical social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in clinical/medical social work.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical/Medical Social Work Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree clinical/medical social work students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Social Work in the Far Western US Region

1

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California

#15 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical/Medical Social Work Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Loma Linda, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s clinical/medical social work students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical/Medical Social Work Major in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 113 masters’s clinical/medical social work degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.