by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 11,649 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,366 and $28,905 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 183 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer 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 the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school situated in Wesson, Mississippi. It awarded 20 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holmes Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Goodman, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 32 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 Georgia Military College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 37 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia Northern Community College is a small school located in Wheeling, West Virginia that handed out 7 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. Itawamba Community College is a small school located in Fulton, Mississippi that handed out 23 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Coahoma Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Clarksdale, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas is a small public school situated in Helena, Arkansas. It awarded 6 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Social Work Report
East Mississippi 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 Southeast Region ranking. East Mississippi Community College is located in Scooba, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Southern Regional Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Southern Regional Technical College is a small school located in Thomasville, Georgia that handed out 17 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Athens Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. Rome, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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Southern Adventist University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. Collegedale, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Aiken Technical College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Aiken Technical College is a small school located in Graniteville, South Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Morehead State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead State University is located in Morehead, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Social Work at Morehead State University
Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus Social Work Report
With a ranking of #13, Trident Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. Trident Technical College is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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