2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Nevada, there were 439 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,400 and $26,324 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 247 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,883 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 77 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNLV Social Work Report

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,690 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k. UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 170 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

UNR also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at UNR

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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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