by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Massachusetts, there were 2,165 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,127 and $25,923 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,931 and $13,427 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in social work. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social work program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holyoke Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts. Holyoke Community College is a small school located in Holyoke, Massachusetts that handed out 17 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bristol Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Fall River, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Essex Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Massachusetts. NECC is a public institution located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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