2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

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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 Oregon, there were 541 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,375 and $33,171 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree social work students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$13,040 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 118 students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $13,040 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students per year to attend Portland State University.

Read full report on Social Work at Portland State University

#2

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$30,378 Average Net Price

$32,711 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.

GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $30,378 for oregon bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend GFU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on Social Work at George Fox University

#3

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,498 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pacific University is $29,498 for oregon bachelor’s degree social work students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Social Work at Pacific University

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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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