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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Social Work is the 13th most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southwest region, there were 6,355 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,306 and $23,188 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 514 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 40 colleges that offered a degree in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
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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 Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Grants. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Grants is a small public school situated in Grants, New Mexico. It awarded 3 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Grants Social Work Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Howard County Junior College is a public institution located in Big Spring, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Howard County Junior College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Carlsbad is a small school located in Carlsbad, New Mexico that handed out 5 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Santa Fe Community College
With a ranking of #6, San Juan College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. SJC is a medium-sized public school situated in Farmington, New Mexico. It awarded 36 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Northern New Mexico College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Northern New Mexico College is a public institution located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Northern New Mexico College
Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. ENMU - Roswell Campus is a small public school situated in Roswell, New Mexico. It awarded 8 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus Social Work Report
With a ranking of #9, Tyler Junior College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 55 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
South Texas College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. South Texas College is a large public school situated in McAllen, Texas. It awarded 98 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, McLennan Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Waco, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Mesalands Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Amarillo College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Amarillo College is located in Amarillo, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Tulsa Community College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Tulsa Community College is a public institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, New Mexico State University - Alamogordo did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Alamogordo, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Social Work at New Mexico State University - Alamogordo
Dine College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Dine College is a public institution located in Tsaile, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Austin Community College District ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 40 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Austin Community College District
Mesa Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 14 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Del Mar College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. DMC is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 8 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
San Antonio College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 15 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Phoenix College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
South Plains College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. South Plains College is located in Levelland, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #23, Glendale Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 9 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Glendale Community College
With a ranking of #24, El Centro College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. El Centro College is a large public school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 31 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Full Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City Social Work Report
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