2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Connecticut

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 57,618 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 644 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,400 and $32,771 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 343 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 4 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 Connecticut

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,064 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 151 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$15,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,641 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 58 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

USJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USJ are $15,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$26,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,161 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized public school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 58 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Connecticut State University are $26,658.

Full Southern Connecticut State University Social Work Report

#4

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,738 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Quinnipiac also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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