by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that 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 Idaho, there were 563 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,832 and $27,649 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 199 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho bachelor’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 44 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 56 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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