by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine” ranking.
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 Maine, there were 352 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,644 and $37,777 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 Maine”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Social Work at University of Southern Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 29 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Social Work at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Maine. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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