2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

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 Doctorate in Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 777 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,100 and $37,399 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s social work degrees to qualified students.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at University of Georgia

#2

Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$15,464 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark Atlanta University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. CAU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

CAU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark Atlanta University are $15,464, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Work at Clark Atlanta 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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