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. 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 Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 419 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,717 and $28,023 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 269 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 10 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Philander Smith College landed the #1 spot on the list. Philander Smith College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a small school located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas that handed out 16 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Henderson State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Harding University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arkansas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas ranking. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas ranking. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #9. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 9 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Arkansas at Monticello came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas ranking. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a small school located in Monticello, Arkansas that handed out 8 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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