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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Wisconsin, there were 1,116 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,450 and $28,515 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 593 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,390 and $27,888 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 17 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marian University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin. Located in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mary University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. Mount Mary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Superior landed the #3 spot on the list. UW - Superior is a public institution located in Superior, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alverno College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 17 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #5 spot on the list. UW - Stevens Point is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking. University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is a fairly large school located in Whitewater, Wisconsin that handed out 80 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking. UW - Eau Claire is a fairly large school located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that handed out 65 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Carthage College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking. Carthage College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Viterbo University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking, coming in at #9. La Crosse, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Wisconsin - River Falls ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. UW - River Falls is a medium-sized public school situated in River Falls, Wisconsin. It awarded 24 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Mequon, Wisconsin. It awarded 23 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. UW Oshkosh is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. UWM is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 77 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Marquette University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking. Marquette University is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 30 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #16, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Cardinal Stritch University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Wisconsin ranking, coming in at #17. This small school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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