2023 Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$15,800
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Clinical/Medical Social Work is the 261st most popular major in the country with 2,534 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 287 clinical/medical social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 clinical/medical social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in clinical/medical social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical/medical social work programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical/medical social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s list. New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s clinical/medical social work degrees to qualified students.
New Mexico Highlands University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 2,777 students enrolled at New Mexico Highlands University, 83 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,407. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. New Mexico Highlands University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work for a Bachelor’s. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s clinical/medical social work degrees to qualified students.
ENMU - Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 5,266 students enrolled at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus, 199 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,131. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.