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2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 1,882 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,594 and $27,100 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social work program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality
$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

  • *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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