by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Oklahoma” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Oklahoma, there were 347 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,140 and $23,952 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,150 and $25,612 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma” ranking, we looked at 5 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 social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oklahoma bachelor’s degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is a small school located in Alva, Oklahoma that handed out 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #4 spot on the list. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 44 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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