by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 58,326 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,651 and had an average of $26,679 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Dakota, there were 258 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,520 and $27,000 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minot State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota. This small school is located in Minot, North Dakota, and it awarded 78 ’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
MSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Schools in North Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend Minot State University is $12,205 for North Dakota Social Work students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 157 ’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
UND also made our “Best Social Work Schools in North Dakota” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UND is $16,966 for North Dakota Social Work students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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