2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Arizona

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arizona, there were 1,283 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,300 and $31,050 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 583 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 42 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489.

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#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,843 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 328 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724.

Read full report on Social Work at Arizona State University - Skysong

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• 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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