by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,624 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,144 and $24,446 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 152 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. That schools that top this list have a program in social work in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blackfeet Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Browning, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Peck Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Peck Community College is located in Poplar, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Casper College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Casper, Wyoming, and it awarded 18 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Idaho College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. North Idaho College is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laramie County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Laramie County Community College is a small school located in Cheyenne, Wyoming that handed out 14 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Western Wyoming Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Rock Springs, Wyoming, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
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College of Southern Idaho ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Salt Lake Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Salt Lake Community College is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #9, Snow College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Ephraim, Utah, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
College of Western Idaho ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CWI is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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