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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Kansas, there were 661 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,367 and $27,714 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 365 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas.

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

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,212 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 207 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at KU

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,161 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. Wichita State University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

WSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112.

Full Wichita State University Social Work Report

#3

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$19,206 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washburn University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. Topeka, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

Washburn University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washburn University are $19,206.

Full Washburn University Social Work Report

#4

Newman University

Wichita, Kansas

#4 in overall quality

$8,484 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,128 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Kansas. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Newman University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Newman University are $8,484, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Newman University Social Work Report

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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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